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[thatBULL]

Willie T was always a snake in the grass.  I'm glad he helped rebuild USF and thank him for that, but you could always tell he was a snake.

[dausfbulls11]

Jilted lovers

[GaUSFBull]

9 minutes ago, slowdown said:

My guess would be Taggart built his relationships with the players he needed and had no concern with really knowing the coaches or the area besides what he needed.

Isn't Garcia kind of old school? Time was you couldn't get in contact with these recruits and you couldn't get a hold of film without going through the HS coaches.  That used to be the process. Strong is probably more traditional in that regard. 

 

My gut tells me this is the case.  The results speak for themselves.  LOTS of high schools in the Bay Area.  IMO, it shouldn't be about stroking the HS coaches' egos, it should be about the players.  

[GaUSFBull]

9 minutes ago, thatBULL said:

Willie T was always a snake in the grass.  I'm glad he helped rebuild USF and thank him for that, but you could always tell he was a snake.

Oh really?  Do tell.  

[Breedwell]

16 minutes ago, slowdown said:

My guess would be Taggart built his relationships with the players he needed and had no concern with really knowing the coaches or the area besides what he needed.

Isn't Garcia kind of old school? Time was you couldn't get in contact with these recruits and you couldn't get a hold of film without going through the HS coaches.  That used to be the process. Strong is probably more traditional in that regard. 

 

I mean he's been around so long he probably coached Jesus

 

That's a good point though. Maybe he let the assistants go out more than he did. 

[bullstampede9922]

18 minutes ago, slowdown said:

My guess would be Taggart built his relationships with the players he needed and had no concern with really knowing the coaches or the area besides what he needed.

Isn't Garcia kind of old school? Time was you couldn't get in contact with these recruits and you couldn't get a hold of film without going through the HS coaches.  That used to be the process. Strong is probably more traditional in that regard. 

 

Sounds about right.  I think the area high school coaches were used to dealing with recruiting and college coaches a certain way.  They probably went through the head coach first before contacting the player.  With social media, Willie probably tweeted to half these guys before the head coach even knew what was going on.

[Dogma]

I think another telling note is the likes/retweets by other Tampa Bay high school coaches of both the original tweet 

 

and Craig Everhart's reply

 

[bullsbucsfan426]

In fairness to Garcia most of our success the last two years depended in Mack, flowers, Johnson, and Rodney Adams.  Aside from Mack, none of the players were directly recruited from high school by Taggart. And Mack's high school  head coach is a USF alumni. 

[Rex Havoc]

Well it looks like xcwt didn't know how to play the game. Having high school coaches on your side should be a priority. I know he could reach recruits on twitter, instagram etc...but having the backing of their high school coach goes a long way. With all the talent with 200 miles of USF there is no reason not to have a relationship with long term high school coaches. 

[RedBull13]

Whatever XCWT did.... it worked. I dont think any of us can deny that. But it definitely doesnt hurt to have the local high school coaches on your side with all the in-state talent we have. Taggs is gone, Strong is in. Im excited for the future!