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The recruiting process can be a daunting challenge and difficult experience for recruits, their parents and their coaches. In this show, it is our goal to flip that script, to peel back the curtain and empower recruits with insider information to create more transparency in an increasingly cloudy environment. Hosted by Director of Recruiting at Rice University, Alex Brown, Up Close in Personnel will be inviting other industry expert's from across the country to cover all topics involving recruiting and the evaluation process.
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Friday Jan 01, 2021
Friday Jan 01, 2021
In the inaugural episode of 2021, Yahoo Sports' College Football Reporter - Pete Thamel breaks down the craziness that was 2020 and the seismic shifts facing the sport moving forward!
One of the best in the business, Pete shares how he got started in the sports reporting profession, his writing and reporting process, and insights gained from being around the highest performers in college athletics.
When it comes to interviewing, he shared three critical keys to success:
- It takes time -each interview is a rep and that's the #1 way to improve
- Build rapport -ask the hard questions last and tease out the information
- Tell a story -make sure to extract the anecdotes and specifics to draw others in
As far as the State of College Football Recruiting, we touched on:
- The 85-Man Scholarship Hard Cap & challenges produced by the COVID eligibility waiver
- The Implications of no campus visits -both from the lens of colleges & athletes
- The Effects of colleges not being able to evaluate prospects in person for the time being
- And, the reverberations that will be felt across the sport -specifically in the class of 2022
If you're interested in working in sports media, please do yourself a favor and be ready to take notes from Pete. He's one of the very best at building relationships, networking with high performers in the industry and articulating compelling stories to college football fans.
If you're passionate about evaluating, recruiting and the landscape of college football, we have you covered as well! I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it and I look forward to bringing more shows to you all in 2021!
To follow Pete, check him out on Twitter at @PeteThamel, and tune in to his weekly podcast with Dan Wetzel & Pat Forde called the Yahoo Sports College Podcast!
For show notes and links, be sure to visit UpCloseInPersonnel.com, and Happy New Years everyone!
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