Gathering the groceries for future meals (otherwise known as recruiting)

Since this is a bye week, most of our coaching staff will be on the road looking at future recruits. As I stated in an earlier post, our greatest need is for an increase in team speed and athleticism. Many of the top teams in the country now recruit more for these two factors than anything else. They typically recruit athletes who can play safety, safeties that are quick enough to play corner, corners who are strong enough to play outside linebacker, outside linebackers who are capable of adding some bulk and either moving to the middle or putting their hand down on the outside, and ends who can add enough weight and strength to clog the middle. The advantage to this approach is simple. In the game of football speed wins over size almost every time. Players tend to get bigger and stronger in college, but rarely much quicker or faster. That tends to be more of a natural gift. You either have it or you don't!!!

I am encouraged that one of BYU's top recruits for 2012 is a Safety out of Alta High School by the name of Rhett Sandlin. His coach compares him to Jordan Pendleton as a high school player. I would suggest that BYU learn from there experience with Jordan and start developing Rhett as an outside linebacker from the very beginning. We need to get as much speed on the field at one time as we can in order to deal with the pistol and spread offenses.

Here's hoping that as the cougar coaches are out shopping for the groceries, that they keep speed and quickness at the top of their shopping list!!!!