Illini's Zook can only watch as recruiting world changes
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Rivals, Scout at Heart of Next Scandal?
Published 4/23/2008 by dawizofodds at The Wizard of Odds
... Now throw the Internet into all of this and suddenly you have a bigger problem. Writes Lindsey Willhite of the Arlington Heights Daily Herald: ...
rivals and scout might be corrupt?? no!
Published 4/23/2008 by Bond J. Bond at disco tech!
First of all - a HT to The Wiz for finding an interesting tidbit on the fallibility of recruiting "insider" websites... First, the LINK from the Daily Herald in "Suburban Chicago" Then the cut and paste job: College coaches aren't allowed to meet or talk with potential recruits during this time, but it's a rule that has been fudged and/or flaunted in certain pockets across the country. That's why head coaches have been banned from the road -- to prevent the rule from being fudged. Zook has at least two problems with this new plan. "The ...
Rivals, Scout, More Power than Coaches?
Published 4/24/2008 by Larry Brown at Larry Brown Sports
... The rule limits coaches from making off-campus visits between April 15 and May 31st. Saban is understandably pissed about the rule because it keeps him from doing what he does best — hitting the streets and making the rounds. How else was he able to pull such an elite recruiting class in so little time as coach at Bama? Well, one consequence of this rule is what the Wiz pointed out — Rivals and Scout now become the center of potential scandal. How so? He explains from Ron Zook: ...
The Zooker Takes on the "So-Called Recruiting Gurus"
Published 4/25/2008 by Husker Mike <info@cornnation.com> at Corn Nation: Front Page Posts
Looks like Blankman and I were simultaneously posting the same story... Be sure to read his take as a former contributor to Scout. Illinois coach Ron Zook doesn't like the new "Saban Rule" that places restrictions on what head coaches can do during the spring evaluation period currently underway. He's not alone... Saban (no duh!) and Pete Carroll also aren't happy about it either. But Zook didn't stop there in his interview with the Arlington Heights' Daily Herald, telling Lindsey Willhite that some coaches are secretly using recruiting ...