Jarrod G's Essay

My essential question was: What is the main method of college recruiting? Who exactly does it, who approves it, and how long does the process take?
In response to this I have taken the information gained from that of the Northeastern baseball coach, along with the football staff at Boston College. At each of these places different information was shared in relation to the topic of recruiting. Between the two schools there were things alike along with differences among their means of recruiting.
The main method of recruiting done at Northeastern University Baseball, is done in a few different ways. One way recruits are discovered is by showcases. Showcases are similar to combines, in which several athletes come together to “show off” their skills in order to be looked at by colleges. Most of the showcases that Northeastern does their recruiting are held in the North East region. The main method of recruiting at Boston College Football is done at combines along with over the internet. At Boston College we were shown a whole on-line database of recruiting, that pretty much contained their entire methods of recruiting. Also some of the recruiting is done by phone calls, and by word of mouth. Not so much word of mouth although, they still do use it to a certain extent. For the most part, Boston Colleges’s recruiting is done in the Northeastern region of the placecountry-regionUnited States. This region includes New England, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey.
The recruiting at Northeastern University for baseball is done mostly by the coaching staff. The head coach does not play as much of a role in it as you would think. It is the pitching coach, and other assistant coaches who do a lot of the recruiting. Yet, of course the final decisions on the recruits is usually approved by the head coach of the staff. At Boston College, there is an entire staff set aside that conduct the recruiting for the football program. These people are considered coaches yet they do not conduct anything on the field and primarily work in offices or in the “booth.” Yet much like Northeastern University’s baseball program, the recruits before they are admitted must be approved by the coaching staff. More specifically the head coach of the staff.
The over all recruiting process at Northeastern University’s baseball program is on average done over a two year span. What is meant by this, is that when a certain player is a junior in high school, they are sometimes begging to be recruited. The final decisions at Northeastern are based off of a scale. The coach/ coaches that recruit the player grade the athlete on a level form one to three, one being the best and a three being the lowest. This scale can be a key factor in determining which recruits are accepted. At Boston College the same can be said about how an athlete is recruited two years prior to graduating.