Recruits React to Title Win

[3uconn]

http://the-boneyard.com/blog/recruits-impressed-by-uconns-title-win/

 

[Go_Huskies]

Good work. Did we land any big recruits after 2011, 2004, and 1999? 2011 i don't think we did but that could have been a function Calhoun's health and suspension.

 

[maineuconnfan]

after 2011 we got drummond, daniels, and boatright

 

[Go_Huskies]

That's right. Drummond was definitely really big and so were daniels and boat.

 

[aceboon]

Boat was already in the fold, he committed before the 10-11 season started

 

[johnhuskies95]

Boatright committed before the national championship, but Daniels was a big get, and Drummond was obviously huge.

 

[DogMania]

Boatright committed before the national championship, but Daniels was a big get, and Drummond was obviously huge.

Drummond was a CT kid and we might have landed him without the 2011 NC. I'm sure it helped in Daniels' case.

With all this said, I remember thinking back then how we didn't get the usual NC bump after winning the national championship due to all that was going on with the speculation of Calhoun's retirement and the APR crap. Keep in mind that the recruiting bump is often not realize till two and three seasons afterwards. Relationships with the upcoming class are often already established, but recruits in the subsequent ones are in the process of developing relationships with head coaches. After watching a team win the national championship during their impressionable years often paves the road for future recruiting success.

Since KO has already been building a bunch of solid relationships with many in the 2015 class, we might just see a nice recruiting bump right away.

 

[Gringo]

Drummond was a CT kid and we might have landed him without the 2011 NC. I'm sure it helped in Daniels' case.

With all this said, I remember thinking back then how we didn't get the usual NC bump after winning the national championship due to all that was going on with the speculation of Calhoun's retirement and the APR crap. Keep in mind that the recruiting bump is often not realize till two and three seasons afterwards. Relationships with the upcoming class are often already established, but recruits in the subsequent ones are in the process of developing relationships with head coaches. After watching a team win the national championship during their impressionable years often paves the road for future recruiting success.

Since KO has already been building a bunch of solid relationships with many in the 2015 class, we might just see a nice recruiting bump right away.

Getting two top 10 recruits (Drummond and Daniels) after winning is a nice bump.

I agree our recruiting advantage didn't last long due to APR issues and uncertainty over Calhoun's health / retirement.

With that said I'm certainly not complaining with Brimah, Samuel and Facey last year and Hamilton, Purvis, Cassell Jr. and the Rock next year.