Nerlens-Noel-Kentucky-600x337.jpgCoach John Calipari has often spoke of coaches who talk negatively about other schools and try to recruit against other schools, rather recruit the player.
SI.com’s Jason Jordan has spoke to several top recruits and got examples of how college coaches have recruited against other schools by talking negatively about them.
These examples are from Kentucky’s Nerlens Noel and recruit Julius Randle.
Nerlens Noel agreed.
He recalled a conversation with a college coach during his recruitment process who urged him not to let money play a factor in luring him to Kentucky. Noel, a center, eventually picked the Wildcats.
“I was shocked that he would say something crazy like that,” said Noel, the No. 2 player in the Rivals150 last season.
“Of course I would never accept money and of course Kentucky never offered me money, but to hear that from him turned me off. I didn’t hold it against him because I know coaches get jealous at times. I just look at it like they’re really just insecure about themselves.”
Randle came to the same conclusion.
As the top ranked player in the Rivals150, Randle has had to deal with “an unreal amount” of negative recruiting tactics. Some coaches said that Duke and North Carolina didn’t properly develop players, while others said Kentucky was too crowded.
“It’s crazy,” Randle said. “But I have a mind of my own. Every school has pros and cons and the same school that’s dissing a certain school isn’t talking about their cons. I look at it as the coaches just hating.”
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