Football: Will BYU coach's new redshirt policy effect recruiting?
With news breaking last night that BYU's football team has received another commitment from a guy who is not exactly at the top of the national top recruits list, some BYU fans who read this blog are getting a little antsy that coach Bronco Mendenhall is settling for one- and two-star recruits and not focusing enough on higher-rated players.
First, Mendenhall has stated time and again he does not believe in the "star-system" concocted by the recruiting Web sites, and puts little if any trust in them. I believe him, but I know that most college coaches across the country do take a little bit of stock in them -- some more than others.
The recruit under the microscope this time is Fono Vakalahi, a 6-foot-4, 320-pound offensive lineman from Bryan High in Bryan, Texas. Scout gives him two stars and Rivals.com gives him three.
Reason I bring this up is because today Mendenhall announced a change in his redshirt policy that, ostensibly, makes the BYU program even more different than most programs. In short, the coach won't decide who redshirts and who doesn't until after the season, rather than before, like most coaches do.
You can read more about the change and why Mendenhall is enacting it on The Tribune's Web site.
Will the new policy make a recruit think twice about going to BYU, or will it just help Mendenhall wean out the players who really don't want to be there?
Only time will tell.
First, Mendenhall has stated time and again he does not believe in the "star-system" concocted by the recruiting Web sites, and puts little if any trust in them. I believe him, but I know that most college coaches across the country do take a little bit of stock in them -- some more than others.
The recruit under the microscope this time is Fono Vakalahi, a 6-foot-4, 320-pound offensive lineman from Bryan High in Bryan, Texas. Scout gives him two stars and Rivals.com gives him three.
Reason I bring this up is because today Mendenhall announced a change in his redshirt policy that, ostensibly, makes the BYU program even more different than most programs. In short, the coach won't decide who redshirts and who doesn't until after the season, rather than before, like most coaches do.
You can read more about the change and why Mendenhall is enacting it on The Tribune's Web site.
Will the new policy make a recruit think twice about going to BYU, or will it just help Mendenhall wean out the players who really don't want to be there?
Only time will tell.
5 Comments:
Isn't it supposed to be "affect" rather than "effect"? I'm not the grammar police, but maybe you should fix the title of the post.
How could any recruit look at Bronco's change in policy as anything other than positive?
If I were the father of a blue-chip recruit, I would look at it as insurance that my son is taking full advantage of the scholarship and not wasting any time.
The policy is in the interest of the athlete as well as the program.
I can see your point, Ylife. But I can see the flip side too. If, after one year, coach doesn't think you are as good as he hoped, he can get rid of you in 3 instead of 4 years. I'm not sure I want my first year of college football to really be a tryout for a team I thought I already made.
Actually, a coach can get rid of you after one year - no questions asked. Scholarships are for one year and renewable at the coach's discretion. He doesn't need to play games with ridshirt years.
Aaron is correct. And Rick Majerus would agree. He wrote the book on the nature of one year commitments.
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