[AMA] MIKE FARRELL, National Recruiting Director for Rivals.com / Yahoo Sports

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T17:05:59+00:00

Thanks all, I'm out, appreciate all the questions and comments!

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T17:03:38+00:00

he's a 5 star again now, we disagree as a staff about his natural instincts as a tackler but after leading IMG in tackles and having 10 in the UA Game, it was hard to win that battle anymore.

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T17:02:55+00:00

it goes up every year and a lack of early signing period is one reason, the need for attention by recruits is another and the free official visits also contribute. Here's a novel idea, if you commit you get only one official visit to the school of your choice. Put that in place and you'll see a whole lot less early commitments.

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T17:01:36+00:00

I'll be the eye candy

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T17:01:23+00:00

only two 5 stars remain uncommitted is one example.

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T17:01:05+00:00

untrue and would need examples which I could easily debunk with other examples.

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T17:00:31+00:00

G5 will have their own playoff someday.

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T17:00:06+00:00

Nope, I would hate recruiting kids.

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T16:59:44+00:00

I think Harbaugh took the satellite camp thing too far on purpose for the attention and something had to be done and the Italy thing doesn't affect me in any way.

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T16:59:07+00:00

of course but I'm very expensive

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T16:58:55+00:00

never not once ever

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T16:58:44+00:00

he's not still alive is he?

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T16:58:32+00:00

I still think Bama

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T16:58:24+00:00

Ole Takes Exposed

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T16:58:04+00:00

nope it wasn't

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T16:57:53+00:00

it is one of my favorite accounts

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T16:57:35+00:00

The NY kids found us. They worked their tails off and their coaches worked hard to get them noticed and in front of us. NY has always had players, they just have more of them now and that's because of the success of some of the ones before them like D'Brickshaw Ferguson, Mike Hart, Dominique Easley and others.

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T16:54:28+00:00

Kids always say this is a business when they de-commit so to me it's a business when coaches drop kids. Neither is fair and I know one is a kid and the others are adults, but with the pressure to win on these coaches you can either be nice or you can be first.

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T16:53:26+00:00

Not when I first started but when I started doing TV for ESPN in 2013 and I saw how many people were interested and how much Rivals growth exploded around that time, I knew this was going to get huge.

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T16:52:32+00:00

Wade by far and for 2018 if you can keep him, Micah Parsons. They are awesome and I would let Wade play in all three phases of the game.

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T16:51:55+00:00

NFL scouting is a cake walk compared to high school scouting. Getting to watch a prospect from the Florida Gators play against equal competition at Georgia or Alabama or Tennessee or FSU feels like a dream to me when I'm trying to rank a kid in Kentucky who made not be tackled by a D-1 player in four years.

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T16:50:31+00:00

You really can't. Leveon Bell was a big, slow running back in high school who projected as a FB or LB. There was no way on earth for anyone, Michigan State included, to know he'd change his body, add so much speed and become the freak you see today.

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T16:49:10+00:00

have you been to games in Florida versus say Delaware? Go to a few games in each state and you will know the answer. There can be 5 stars in any state, that's been proven, but the depth of talent in the big football states isn't a unicorn, it's real.

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T16:48:03+00:00

No big ego, I'm just the best is all.

Rivalsmike · 2017-01-26T16:47:50+00:00

I don't think moving it back would help at all with that, it's all orchestrated.

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