George O'Leary says there are "selectors" and there are "recruiters"...
>>UCF brought in what many consider to be one of the program’s top recruiting classes in recent seasons. Though Rivals had the Knights ranked No. 73, others had UCF listed much higher. UCF coach George O’Leary talked about the process of recruiting in this cycle, and why he felt the Knights had so much success.
“The key to recruiting is you identify and select,” O’Leary said. “There’s still a couple teams in the country that they don’t recruit, they select. We’re not that stage. There’s maybe two or three that can select and everybody else has to recruit. … I think we did a good job grading people, from a character standpoint, academic standpoint and athletic standpoint, and then going out and going after and getting them to come here. … The key is to get them on campus and I think the coaches did a good job of getting that done.”
While each recruiting service has its own ranking system, O’Leary says he only worries about how athletes are graded within the team’s own system. He broke down how UCF looks at potential recruits as they approach the recruiting circuit.
“ We give two grades: Height, weight and speed, and then basically grade seven areas by position,” he said. “It’s worth 50 points. And the top is 5-5-5 for height, weight and speed by position. If they’re under 10, there better be a reason why we’re recruiting them because they’re too small for the position. And then academics. … you want kids you can coach on the move. Coaches know I’m going to always check academics because it doesn’t make sense if you have a great athlete you cant do much with because he cant learn. And then character.”<<
