FB: Middle Atlantic Conference

[PBR...]

How many recruits is Albright bringing?Heard over 90 is that possible

the guru is correct a mundo....if you check rosters/news of some schools around or the other boards from other conferences you will see schools w/ 90+ incoming freshmen is not all that uncommon...its not a bad thing when you factor in  the percentages of kids who wont make it academically, or transfer out due to many factors, injuries and kids who just decide they dont want to play anymore but stay in school. it brings that 90+ down to a much more manageable number.

[Iron07]

  According to the 07 Albright  roster, They lost 7 seniors.  Know they have at least 20 kids
coming in from New Jersey. And these kids are not all from south, southern NJ. Should be
interesting. Coach Marzka turned the program around in his first yr. Now he had a whole
year to really start changing things the way he and his staff wants
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any names of jersey kids listed anywhere that's great recruiting .Does Albright have a shot at winning that first game.

[captpuck]

  Lost  42 -12 to Salisbury last year.  First game this year, Should be a good indicator of the season.
Then again, it could be the game that shows any unseen problems, and allows them to correct early.

[Iron07]

  Lost  42 -12 to Salisbury last year.  First game this year, Should be a good indicator of the season.
Then again, it could be the game that shows any unseen problems, and allows them to correct early.

Do you think thier facilities are giving them a big edge in recruiting or are the coaches that good at it?

[Iron07]

Sorry Monday(facilities)

[bman]

Depends

If they have 100 bad players, numbers do not matter...

GA Mangus had a huge impact of the DV program, when they had not recruited well for years...

I could be that Albright IS capitalizing on the facilities...however time will tell...we'll see what the season brings

[Chicks Dig the Long Ball]

Where the new coach turning the program around in one year and the facilities may have a positive impact on recruiting, the secret lies in the financial aid packages that Albright offered. In regards to other MAC schools, Albright threw around more money to entice more students to enroll in the university, whether it be athletes or not. (Not sure if it is true or not, but rumor has it that Albright is fiscally not doing well, so they are trying to get the most enrolled in the university as possible.) Also, they were able to get their packages out earlier then other MAC schools. I know when I was going through the process, why hold out for another school when you get a good package off the bat. Maybe these reasons are responsible for a big class.

But remember it is quality not quantity....That is if your good prospects don't fail out before they become impact players.

[captpuck]

Could be some truth with the money packges. and the facilities are nice and new. So lets take a look from
the coaches standpoint. They inhereted some players that they might not be to crazy about, or don't fit 
into there sceem of play. They have what many consider to be one of the better quarterbacks around for two more years. Is the coaching staff looking to plant there butts down for the next twenty years to
permanent positions and resting on past records. I believe like most of us, they re looking at there future.
and to advance they must produce. a win/win situation ( sorry my a button on computer not working
well) for the school and themselfs.  So really no different then anyother school. So bringing in a large
amount of new players to mold makes alot of sense. and a winning program brings in new students, not just ball players

[bill]

Several coaching staffs at certain MAC schools have/were given mandates about how many incoming freshmen they are EXPECTED to bring in, and quite frankly, some jobs depend upon it.

[Iron07]

Makes sense but alot of those kids don't return for soph year is that the way to go keep bringing in big freshman classes and get one year tuition out of them and than do it all over again.Last year albright had 66 in camp as freshman I think less than fifteen are returning for one reason or the other. The new coach and staff are pretty tough especially on this last freshman class which they really did not recruit.

[Pat Coleman]

They may not be returning to the team but I bet more than 15 are enrolled at Albright for 2008-09.

[captpuck]

Having met a  few of the coaches  I can see they want to win. Building your student body by bringing in
so/so football players, will only lead to failure on both ends. Reading all the replys, I can see many good points.  So what happens, every sport at the school must bring in 4 times the mount of players into the school to build up the coffers. If you can't provide good academics, your school will sink and nobody will
attend   

[jb]

I think just 3 or 4 years ago there was conversation about 50 kids being a large class.  Now that"50" number wasn't iron clad but average in our discussions.   That discussion really center around the MAC schools, of which some have left the league.

So in the short amount of time, What gives?  Is it truly Quantity over Quality ?  who knows? 

I do agree that coaches must account for losing 10-15 freshman not returning to school or football every season. 

I personally can't wait for camp to begin, of course this is my last year of tuition payments!!!!  Good Luck to all.

[captpuck]

Yo,  JB good luck in the future   When do the student loans pyments begin?

[jb]

Sorry Cap maybe I din't give enough info in that response or maybe we haven't talk before.  I'm a father of a current lyco player in his last year hence last year of tuition payments for me.

But I love the opening days of camp and the season, it's like fresh grass in the spring.  and too boot I'm a football junkie.

JB