[NU Sports] signing day

[Mike Nolan]

> Every year the Sentinel lists all the Florida kids and where they are  going. 
> This year we got one. Why can't we recruit in Florida?

As much as I might want to agree with Roy's statement (below), kids who
sign with Northwestern are largely different from kids who sign with
the football factory schools, and that may be a far greater factor
in decommits than the ethos Fitz projects.  

That affect how well NU can recruit in places like Florida, though the
midwest weather may be a factor there, too.

Far too many of those kids aren't good enough students to get into 
Northwestern in the first place, and many of the ones who are being sought 
by the football factories have NFL dreams that Northwestern isn't (as) 
likely to make come true.   

Also, I've known a few young men who were being recruited, few of us 
faced that kind of attention and pressure when we were that age.  

> Meanwhile, the Cats, as usual, are getting everyone they had a  commit from,
> and it's because Fitz has the same recruiting ethic that RW did  - a
> commitment is a  commitment.
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Mike Nolan