skip's recruiting and transfers

[hm101]

I kind of noticed a pattern with Michael McFarland coming on board... is it just me or does Skip really make it a point to add talented players from other schools more than other coaches?

Michael McFarland

Spencer Boyd

Dunkley

Aycock

Scott

There may be others. Maybe he's taking advantage of their talents and that they didn't fit at their former schools. What do you guys think about his strategy? Not sure what to make of it.

[Mama_Bull]

I kind of noticed a pattern with Michael McFarland coming on board... is it just me or does Skip really make it a point to add talented players from other schools more than other coaches?

Michael McFarland

Spencer Boyd

Dunkley

Aycock

Scott

There may be others. Maybe he's taking advantage of their talents and that they didn't fit at their former schools. What do you guys think about his strategy? Not sure what to make of it.

USF is un a unique position, being a BCS school in Florida. There are many Florida players around the country who look to return home every year. Since UF, FSU and Miami don't need to take transfers, because they already have rosters filled with top talent, that leaves USF as their best transfer option within the state.

Leavitt also took many such transfers. Some have been successful and some haven't.

[Oldsmobull]

Recruiting is like shaving, if you don't do it everyday you soon look like a bum.

[Matt]

Leavitt had plenty of former BCS school transfers.....

A lot of it has to do with the amount of talent in the region that originally decide to go school elsewhere and different circumstances bring them back home.

Tyrone Mckenzie played for 2 different BCS schools (michigan st and iowa st) before transfering to USF

[mikemcp88]

Hopefully some of these high schools kids  take notice that some of these high profile recruits should have just come here in the first place instead of going somewhere else and then having to sit for a year. Have no doubt more and more will be coming our way in the future

[GaUSFBull]

I think you just add whoever you think will help your team win.  Scott, Aycock (shame he's leaving), Dunkley, McFarland ... all names that were highly recruited and became available via transfer. 

Where we are as a program ... it would be stupid not to get some of these transfers in here.  But USF isn't the only team adding transfers.