RJM posted:PGStaff posted:If you want to recruit the best possible talent, you need to tell kids your plan is to win championships. The goal is to win National Champlonships. And if you tell them that, you have to believe it yourself. It's all about getting talent and then developing that talent into big winners. Big winners feel like they enter every game as the favorite. They might even be out talented but they are never out prepared, out smarted, or out worked. They find a way to win and when they lose they learn from it. Winning becomes second nature.
Problem is, some of the best HS coaches I know are not considered big winners. The disparity in talent is so great that it is nearly impossible to win championships. Yet, truth is,these guys are big winners because they can really teach the game and develop kids. They also create a love for the game in their kids and that can last a lifetime. These coaches never get the credit they deserve.
Do you believe a head coach who was an assistant can come into a perennial loser and sell "we're going to win a national championship" to recruits who will only be there the next three or four years? Chances are the coach is starting without any championship quality talent if he's inheriting a losing program. I don't believe the new coach can get the attention of the kind of players needed to win a championship. I would think a realistic coach would want to be competing for his conference title once he has three or four years of his recruits. Once winning a couple of conference title, making the NCAA tournament and possibly being ranked the team is ready to sell the next step.
Agree that there has to be progression and winning the conference is the first step but the ultimate goal is to win the national c'ship, especially if you're recruiting the top-shelf players.