Would You Avoid Recruiting Antonio Brown?

Or, do you role the dice and recruit him anyway?

Whenever we teach coaches to go hard after recruits, and prepare them for saying ‘yes’, the question always comes up:

“I don’t want to rush this and get a kid that’s going to be a bad fit for our team.”

Completely fair concern.

The same concern you’d have when you hear me talking about offering a scholarship or roster spot before they visit campus, or - for some Division I programs now faced with a drastically reduced recruiting timeline - offering a scholarship on the first phone call with a new prospect.

So many things can go wrong.

Which brings us to Antonio Brown…

From Day One, what a fiasco. Exactly what college coaches are trying to avoid.

And yet, how many of you would roll the dice and take the chance on program-changing talent?

No advice, just curious which side of the coin you land on as a coach:

Do you take a pass on unbelievable talent?

Or, do you take a chance, see if you can work with a prospect to get them to fall in line with your expectations, and reap the program-changing benefits?

Comment below.