Did Cavan have a camp?

[Dooby]

This may be dumb, but did Cavan have a football camp? I don't recall. I lived in Houston for all but the end of the Cavan regime.

I ask because it seems that Bennett has used the camp as an excellent recruiting tool.

[Stallion]

I think he had it for one year once they moved into Ford. BTW I notice all Fall that U.Houston was off to an unbelievably slow start in recruiting and couldn't figure out why. It seems like a pattern that UH starts slow and finishes fast. Well I noticed on their board that they are looking for funding to have their first summer camp. These camps are vital these days.

[SMUguy]

Cavan did have one camp, but it wasn't very well-attended. Several HS coaches sent their kids out of town - even out of state - for the camps, so Cavan faced slim pickin's. Whatever players he gleaned from that camp were a credit to him and to his staff. There were a handful of good players, but nothing like the crew that came out for Coach Bennett's camp.

[Dooby]

I gather that part of these camps is for HS coaches to participate. I assume this is part of building relationships with HS coaches which will pay dividends in the future. Are these coaches paid?

[Corso]

Right. New Boston coach Ronnie Bickham worked the camp last year, and will do so again this year. Bennett said that was a huge help in landing Cedric Dorsey, and that SMU has real inroads out there.