NJ native Washington coach Jedd Fisch is recruiting NJ.
Should we assume Coach Schiano is recruiting the state of Washington?
Should we assume Coach Schiano is recruiting the state of Washington?
OT: Jedd Fisch / Washington recruiting NJ
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As we have seen, Greg and his staff are hitting several states in the South that are not traditional RU recruiting states, namely Georgia and North Carolina. Have also picked up recruits from Ohio, Illinois and Canada. Maybe Greg will follow Horace Greeley's advice?
Or Willie Sutton.
As that covers everywhere. Which in reality is what Jedd is doing here too.
National programs recruit nationally. NJ is in their league footprint, I assume the talent level in Washington state requires that. Assuming most of the top talent would want to play for them, they still only have about 15 from the state of Washington.
And Fisch is probably reasonably well connected in NJ, as well as having a Summit NJ-born, ex-Rutgers Steve Belichick on his staff. Schiano’s connection in Washington state is probably close to nil.
And?
Thought my analogy was pretty straightforward.
@CranfordKnight expanded on it too.
You go (and now spend) where the money/talent is located. If there is someone worth a look in Washington state, guessing some overtures will be made.
But Chase is here. Manasquan S&L is there.
Doesn’t mean the latter is insolvent. Just that the vault in the former is a lot bigger.
The $$$ angle is not lost on me. This is nothing to sneeze at …
Washington has won 18 conference championships, seven Rose Bowls, and claims two national championships, the last in 1991.
Washington has won 18 conference championships, seven Rose Bowls, and claims two national championships, the last in 1991.
But as @CranfordKnight pointed out they have to do this as the talent in state isn’t enough.
The Huskies even go as far as the Pacific Islands to get guys.
And btw, The State of Rutgers is no longer just in the Eastern Time Zone.
Jedd would be an idiot to not at least come east, especially a place he’s familiar, with to mine some talent here.
As you just pointed out…Washington has a great resume to sell to respective recruits.
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As some have alluded, there is very little ROI potential for Rutgers to recruit Washington. California has huge potential for us, because we have lots of kids coming to Rutgers from California. In particular, we should be recruiting quarterbacks from California.
More than that- Cali-Ny are almost commuter states. lol 5.5 hrs and you are there.
It takes longer from almost 40 other states
Boom! Add Washington to the State of Rutgers!!!!
Washington doesn’t produce as many blue chip recruits as NJ and when reading the list of top tier vs next tier FB recruits in the Seattle Times and where they committed there is a large drop off. Many go to FCS schools so to compete UW and WSU need to go out of state. UW usually has a substantial number of CA kids.
To get me it would cost less than Syracuse.
Really? Fantastic university. Beautiful location and a fantastic stadium. Seattle is a great city.
Majority of their players come from California. It would be malpractice for Fisch not to recruit NJ given he's from the state and has lot of connections here.
As KS pointed out, good school, great location.
But, as a football parent- knowing I would get to maybe 2-3 games all year and if there is an emergency- 24-48 hours to get there…makes it tough
Not surprised. It seems to me that even as a kid watching a Saturday afternoon college football broadcast with Keith Jackson, heck it could be Stanford, Missouri, LSU, Arizona … it almost didn’t matter, there would be a notable player from NJ on most rosters. The Point is EVERYONE recruits Jersey. You could fly into Newark and visit 3 blue Chippers in an afternoon while you would have to drive crazy distances to see 3 in most other areas. NJ is a recruiter’s budget sweet spot.
They were really coming for the pizza, bagels and taylor ham, then did some recruiting in between pizza shop visits.
I see nothing wrong with anyone recruiting anywhere. The problems I see are when locals.. be they coaches, media, etc.. assist "foreign" recruiters. But New Jersey HS'ers and families will benefit from more recruiters. Schiano will get the RIGHT FIT players. Cannot say that for anyone else who has coached Rutgers.
He even mentioned it during his broadcasts whenever someone from NJ made a play…
“You know Frank (Broyles, legendary Arkansas coach and AD) if ________ (insert name of current RU coach at the time) can keep ‘em home the State University of NJ might have somethin’ there. First down Nittany Lions/Irish/etc. !”