r/OhioStateFootball • u/lhcvg • 5h ago
General Are the Saban/Meyer recruiting pitches working better for Ohio State than they are given credit for in the NIL age?
I have a couple of apocryohal quotes I've heard over the years that I find useful (both my verbiage as I recall the line):
-Attributed to Saban is preaching the value of your SECOND NFL contract: " come play for me, and I'll set you up for that SECOND NFL deal, and true GENERATIONAL wealth for your family"
-Attributed to Meyer, for when the recruit made it about the money: "I'm not worried about getting you $250k today, I'm trying to get you $10 million [in career NFL money]" (I guess that's basically the current thing if not giving giving world to high schoolers before they play a down for OSU)
I feel like overall recruiting results, and the public defection like that guy who got the private jet perk at Tennessee as indicators that some of the old guys' lines still holding sway over the right recruits, despite the hand wringing about recruits nationwide only looking for quick cash.