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According to this article SMU is finally moving up its Junior Days

SMU Junior Days
2010 April 17
2011 March 25
2012 February 16

http://www.news-journal.com/etvarsity/h ... 963f4.html

In last few years every Big 12 teams has had about 3 Junior Days the first starting in about late January or very early February. Examples this year is Baylor February 2 and Texas February 9. Of course, to make this work SMU Coaches have to canvass and cultivate the crop earlier or none of the top recruits will show up. There are definite signs to SMU is getting out early offers in a more competitive manner as well. As many as 40% of the Top 40 might make a decision before the old April date and many more have begun narrowing their choices

Speculation on why the change?

My guess is to try to get better recruits.

probably because the Junior commitments are coming earlier every year. Most staffs are focusing much more on 2014 than 2013 right now. Based on past years there will be an avalanche of offers/commits in February, March and early April. SMU was scheduling their Junior Days after many recruits had already been to 3-4 camps and after a substantial number of commitments

Exactly. I think last year we struggled in recruiting because the coaching staff did not realize the change in schedule. We did not have the same quality of recruit come to camps or get offers.

They obviously realized the mistake and moved camp up and have already sent out a bunch of offers

I really meant in general. Earlier camps, June making house calls, etc. Odd the sudden improvement

Good news -

might be that someone isn't ready to retire and realizes he needs at least one more 3 yr extension - and aint nobody calling anymore.

we will know its a total transformation and that fear has set in when we have two new young gun recruiting coach hires, some more inventiveness on offense, we get a blocking back play or two for inside the 10, we work a few tight end plays into the offense, and we finally ditch the qb sideline trot.

if we get all of that and we start recruiting like we mean business, then he might just keep the job.

oh yeah, we get a mobile qb to match a new offense.

good stuff

I wonder if his new boss gave him a little feedback on how the big boys do it.

Stallion wrote:According to this article SMU is finally moving up its Junior Days

SMU Junior Days
2010 April 17
2011 March 25
2012 February 16

I think your years are off. We are in 2013!

whitwiki wrote:I wonder if his new boss gave him a little feedback on how the big boys do it.

I was thinking the same thing. Meet the new boss?!?

yeah push each year up one

gostangs wrote:we will know its a total transformation and that fear has set in when we have two new young gun recruiting coach hires, some more inventiveness on offense, we get a blocking back play or two for inside the 10, we work a few tight end plays into the offense, and we finally ditch the qb sideline trot.

Those coaches need to be out in these high school coaches offices whenever they can and not just when there is a good junior or senior player. There are many players that are already projected as national recruits coming out of 8th grade or in there fr yearsdue to speed,size or maybe theyve been "redshirted" before middle school. They ought to be living where the best and most numerous STUDENT/athlete pipelines are....DeSoto, Allen, Southlake, Cedar Hill,Katy, Mansfield and Denton schools, Fort Bend ISD..