He's going to find out eventually that isn't the best strategy for a place like Ole Miss. Why are people acting like this is a recruiting success? Getting kids to campus is great and all, but if they don't end up at your school, it means nothing. And neither Nkemdiche or Green is going to Ole Miss. It's like the WR from FL that was there, too. Great, Ole Miss made his 'top 5' list. Florida and Florida St. are also on it, meaning he's not going to Ole Miss. Meanwhile, you only have so much time and attention to give in every day, so it's costing them elsewhere. It's why Ashton Shumpert has barely spoken to them in the last month or two. You know who didn't show up there? Conner. The chance to say some elite recruits visited your campus may make fans like Yancy JITP, but it ultimately means little. They lost Moore and Mix, probably won't get Shumpert or Conner, won't land any of the elite OOS guys they're after, and we're supposed to believe this is all successful?<div>
</div><div>Orgeron made a ton of guys' 'top 5' lists. But he really didn't land a lot of elite OOS guys, and the ones he did get ended up largely being irrelevant. Most of his best players were lower-rated guys.</div><div>
</div><div>You can develop a strategy that will put you on the radar of a lot of guys and get some of them on campus and get them to mention you. And you may eventually land a few of them. But it's just one option. Our staff has taken a different approach, which is target specific areas and slowly branch out as you move forward. It casts a smaller net, but you're able to better develop relationships with coaching staffs and players. We also emphasize camps a lot. You may end up getting highly-rated guys, especially if some bigger schools see them more and realize they don't want them as badly, but if their rating isn't justified, you don't have much.</div><div>
</div><div>So far, Freeze's top commits are: a QB that wasn't going anywhere but Ole Miss; a QB who was ultimately deciding between Ole Miss, Kansas State, Oregon State, and Nebraska; a safety whose top offers were Purdue, Wisconsin, and Illinois; a JUCO DT; a pretty good RB from Memphis, where Freeze came from; and the 3rd best OL in MS. He's doing a fairly good job considering where they are as a program, but acting like he's tearing it up on the recruiting scene is ridiculous.</div><div>
</div><div>It looks to me like he's spending too much time and energy on pipe dreams and neglecting the guys he has a much better shot at. Again, at Ole Miss, that's a recipe for disaster...or at least for letting them wander over to your rival.</div>