One thing I see him doing. Take advantage of USC's appeal and draw. OK, hear me out
We know 4-5 stars are not going to hang around and be 4th string on a depth chart of 105 guys
We all know these kids all think they are the best and have huge egos
We know Bowden has some sort of escalating incentive system that attracts kids.
We all know that half or more of these 4-5 stars are busts or don't live up to expectations in college, regardless of coaching.
So how do you use the above as a competitive advantage?
1) You use your financial package of incentives to lure top kids who can come and make $$ if they play or start They all think they will
2) You suck up the airwaves and talk non stop about being the place to be Heismans, NC, blueblood, weather, beach, NFL. Build the hype train because LA is a megaphone for that.
3) You literally recruit every 4-5 star you can, 2-3 deep at positions. You tell kids to come and if it doesn't work out to take your $ take a redshirt and no harm done, go somewhere else. First year is a trial
4) You have room for all of these because instead of recruiting 15-20 now you're going to 105 and can recruit 30-40
5) You know the kids will come in, half will fail within two years and go elsewhere. Out of your original 30-35 kids you recruited you're going to have the top 15, the ones who merited playing time, the non busts that stay and make $.
6) You wish the other half well and recruit another 30-35 since you have your normal 15 who graduate and another 15 leave due to not panning out. Another 2-5 leave due to injuries or academics.
This is an NFL approach. MLB approach. Most schools don't have the draw to attract 30 elite guys, or the money to pay them. USC has both and this approach will ensure that after 2 years they have 15 kids from this class who can truly play. This is what pete Carroll did but on steroids. This is managing the salary cap. Like when Pete told kids like Aaron Graham to move and went and recruited others.
One thing I see him doing. Take advantage of USC's appeal and draw. OK, hear me out
We know 4-5 stars are not going to hang around and be 4th string on a depth chart of 105 guys
We all know these kids all think they are the best and have huge egos
We know Bowden has some sort of escalating incentive system that attracts kids.
We all know that half or more of these 4-5 stars are busts or don't live up to expectations in college, regardless of coaching.
So how do you use the above as a competitive advantage?
1) You use your financial package of incentives to lure top kids who can come and make $$ if they play or start They all think they will
2) You suck up the airwaves and talk non stop about being the place to be Heismans, NC, blueblood, weather, beach, NFL. Build the hype train because LA is a megaphone for that.
3) You literally recruit every 4-5 star you can, 2-3 deep at positions. You tell kids to come and if it doesn't work out to take your $ take a redshirt and no harm done, go somewhere else. First year is a trial
4) You have room for all of these because instead of recruiting 15-20 now you're going to 105 and can recruit 30-40
5) You know the kids will come in, half will fail within two years and go elsewhere. Out of your original 30-35 kids you recruited you're going to have the top 15, the ones who merited playing time, the non busts that stay and make $.
6) You wish the other half well and recruit another 30-35 since you have your normal 15 who graduate and another 15 leave due to not panning out. Another 2-5 leave due to injuries or academics.
This is an NFL approach. MLB approach. Most schools don't have the draw to attract 30 elite guys, or the money to pay them. USC has both and this approach will ensure that after 2 years they have 15 kids from this class who can truly play. This is what pete Carroll did but on steroids. This is managing the salary cap. Like when Pete told kids like Aaron Graham to move and went and recruited others.