09-02-2010, 03:04 PM
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Re: Military school recruiting rules?
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Originally Posted by Papazmurf |
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Hey I went to Navy for a semester for football and technically they can have redshirts. In real life they would be called grayshirts, becuase as another poster alluded too, they sned guys to the respective military branch prep school. Unlike the other guys was saying, most of the prep school players are actual recruits and are literally going there just for football. At the prep school, you run the actual Navy offense and defense and you play two games vs the Navy JV team at the actual academy. So as far as the game goes, I have no problem redshirting players in game, because the Prep schools are how the academies get around having kids for only 4 years at the actual institutions.
As for recruiting, I restrict myself from not recruiting any JUCO players, that would never happen in real life as everyone starts at the academies as freshman, even if you have senior status at another University. I don't mind shooting for 5* recruits but keep it to a minimum and they have to have some interest. Kyle Eckel was the best FB in the country in 2004 and highest rated in NCAA Football 05. He's played for the Patriots and last year with the Saints. I also know a couple of guys who have transferred from Navy because they wanted more freedom and one of my friends is currently in Training camp with the Bengals, and he was a freshman starter at Navy while he was there. So Navy, does get players that have NFL potential. Also, if you think about it how many schools are sending 2+ guys to the NFL, that aren't a top 25 team? There's only so many spots and a bunch of guys get cut. It's not like he academies aren't trying to recruit 5* and 4* athletes, it's just that the military life while in school is a hard sell. Every now and then you get guys like David Robinson of the Spurs who just have the heart set on Navy and he was one of the NBA greats.
So in a dynasty, you should have restrictions, but I think not recruiting 4 and 5* players at all is silly and unrealistic, because they do get recruited. Navy has comes long ways in the last decade and it isn't just discipline, they've gotten better athletes. You don't lost by 4 to Ohio State last year and not have atheletes that can hang. Navy defensive backs held Golden Tate pretty solid last year against ND. So take it like this. If you are going to recruit 5 or 4* recruits, the positions should be at QB, HB, DB, LB, and possbily DE. Navy would never get 5* OL or DL because of weight requirements (actually BMI...but yeah) and WR aren't going to want to come to a school that throws the ball 4 or 5 times a game (though Rick Dobbs seems to be an exception).
I hope this helped. Now if only you could see grades of recruits, there would be another restriction.
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Navy gets talented players like Dobbs. But they don't get 4 star athletes. They get under the radar guys with good speed that they move all over the field. Everybody can treat their dynasty how they want but I know that I would be absolutely floored if Navy landed a 4 star player. This past year they have 1 solid 3 star recruit (Mauro) and a couple other fringe 3 star recruits and that is their best class by ratings that I can remember ever happening. David Robinson is the exception to the rule. I guess I could recruit a top 150 player once every ten years or something.
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