catmandoo
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posted 07-27-2014 07:55 AM
We do a pretty good job of recruiting the better players but you can always do better.
Recently I had a chance to ask Kentucky offensive coordinator Neal Brown about his overview of high school football in Kentucky from a recruiting and team standpoint. Enjoy his answer:
“One of coach (Mark) Stoops’ main priorities is that we have to do a good job of getting the guys we identify as being able to play at the SEC level in the state. We’ve got to go out and get those.,” said Brown. “The guys we’ve wanted over the past year and a half, we’ve been able to go out and get, which I think is important. In the state of Kentucky, the high school football is good and the coaching is good.
“There’s always going to be four or five kids in a given year that are legitimate SEC players. On really good years, there could be six to eight. The core of our team is always going to be Kentucky football players.
“You’ve got five classes, basically – redshirts, freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors. Most of the time you have five classes within your program. Let’s say you have five Kentucky kids. That’s 25 kids in the program.
“Sometimes, the top players in Kentucky are also some of the top players in the nation in their position. There’s a kid in 2015 who’s one of the top players in the country. We signed two of the top players (Matt Elam, Drew Barker) in the country last year from the state of Kentucky. If we can do that, then we have 25 kids on the roster, and if a few of them are national prospects, that’s a good core. If the kids from the state of Kentucky are the heart and soul of your team, then I think we have a really good chance.
“High school football in the state, I think, is very good. The city of Louisville has always produced really good talent. I think the coaching is great. If you look at the job Chris Wolfe did at Male High School this year, it’s absolutely unbelievable. Coaching in this city is as good as anywhere in the state.
“I think that one thing that’s hurting not only high school football but also basketball and other sports, is that there are less coaches in the building. Several schools in the city of Louisville and Lexington, some of the biggest schools in the state, have one football coach in the building. If you have 80 to 100 kids trying to play football and only one coach, it’s impossible for one coach to keep up with academics and who’s in and out of trouble. Ten years ago, there’d be five to seven guys in the building who were coaching.
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