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Message: [QUOTE="huskymedic, post: 4328569, member: 549"] From an article from The Day that I just posted in the Palo Alto thread: -> [URL='https://www.theday.com/article/20220608/SPORT01/220609543']"I'd say overall (recruiting) is getting easier, but it's just a different landscape," he said Wednesday. "You have to be able to adjust. We were just talking about that on the bus ride home. We would have a freshman class of 12 to 13 or 14 guys some years and we're not doing that anymore. It better be more like six because you better be in the transfer portal. You better be bringing men in and not boys if you want to continue to stay at this level."[/URL] Translation: Men not only have more strength and experience, but maturity as well. There are layers to all that. "Even with shiny new toys now, we have to guard against complacency or the entitlement factor," Penders said. "You know, if a young man is attracted to a chair back or a wooden locker (generally considered locker room amenities), that's not a guy for us. But if he's attracted to the fact that he can hit 24/7 in our batting/pitching facility, if he's attracted to the fact that he can lift in that facility whenever he wants, then that's a guy for us. But if he likes the bells and whistles first, it's not a guy for us. So, we have to do even more due diligence than we used to." <- [/QUOTE]