Recruiting to Pot

[jllanclos]

Turbine, can we please take the pot talk to another thread so we can get back to hearing about actual recruiting?

[KajunKrazy]

Which should be done regardless of where he is going. It’s like the naive parent that sends their kid to private school to avoid “that crowd”. I attended both private and public and can promise you, the amount of drugs and the level of drugs used at private school is astronomically higher than at public schools and starts at a way younger age. Teaching your kid to make good decisions is more effective than trying to shield them from reality. Marijuana use is very heavily ingrained in urban culture and the younger generation in general. If the drinking age was still 18 in Louisiana that would give us an advantage with some recruits just like legal marijuana probably gives them an advantage with some recruits. You won’t ever hear the coaches say it directly but i promise you it crosses several of those 17-18 year old minds. Wasn’t trying to get this far off topic, just pointing out that could be a unique advantage that only certain schools have.

I went to catholic schools from 4th - 12th grade and never saw pot until I was in college. I guess it comes down to how you pick your friends.

[CrazyCajun]

I went to catholic schools from 4th - 12th grade and never saw pot until I was in college. I guess it comes down to how you pick your friends.

Or what generation you are from and which schools you went to and young people today are exposed to more at an earlier age than ever before. Just because it was around doesn’t mean it was friends.

[ManAboutTown]

Seems like every recruiting thread turns into “back in my day”...

[Turbine]

Seems like every recruiting thread turns into “back in my day”...

Must be why kids commit, decommit, recommit, commit ...

For some their "DAY" lasts for years.

[RaginScotsman]

I think if you have recruits that are drawn to a school or a state based on its laws surrounding smoking pot, do you really want him/her? Sure, the party vibe has its advantages, but frankly, you can get weed and alcohol on any college campus.

I lived in the Denver area for a while until moving back to Lafayette last year. Other than seeing the shops with the green + on them while driving around town, you really didn’t notice the marijuana thing unless you went out to bars or concerts or hung out with people that partook. Again, something you’re just as likely to see or smell in Lafayette or New Orleans.

[ManAboutTown]

I think if you have recruits that are drawn to a school or a state based on its laws surrounding smoking pot, do you really want him/her? Sure, the party vibe has its advantages, but frankly, you can get weed and alcohol on any college campus.

I lived in the Denver area for a while until moving back to Lafayette last year. Other than seeing the shops with the green + on them while driving around town, you really didn’t notice the marijuana thing unless you went out to bars or concerts or hung out with people that partook. Again, something you’re just as likely to see or smell in Lafayette or New Orleans.

Exactly.. to call it an “advantage” is off base.

[AirBill]

Or it could be that maybe, just maybe, the young man weighed the differences between the two schools and CSU was the better fit. Maybe it didn't have a flipping thing to do with pot. Maybe the change of scenery is exactly what he's looking for. Who knows. To boil it down to one thing is foolish, perhaps.

On the same token, I wouldn't dream of forbidding my kids, who will ultimately have to stand on their own two feet and take responsibility for their own choices and actions, the choice of attending college in a state like Colorado. Seems shortsighted to me.

[CrazyCajun]

I think if you have recruits that are drawn to a school or a state based on its laws surrounding smoking pot, do you really want him/her? Sure, the party vibe has its advantages, but frankly, you can get weed and alcohol on any college campus.

I lived in the Denver area for a while until moving back to Lafayette last year. Other than seeing the shops with the green + on them while driving around town, you really didn’t notice the marijuana thing unless you went out to bars or concerts or hung out with people that partook. Again, something you’re just as likely to see or smell in Lafayette or New Orleans.

And things that draw them here would probably make you say” do we really want a kid who is coming here because of blank” Kids choose schools based on all kinds of reasons and some of them are ridiculous...like uniforms or a shoe contract or having an Xbox and ping pong tables in the lounge. They aren’t all well rounded, head on straight great athletes..you aren’t going to find 105 of those..not here..not if you want to win.

[CrazyCajun]

Or it could be that maybe, just maybe, the young man weighed the differences between the two schools and CSU was the better fit. Maybe it didn't have a flipping thing to do with pot. Maybe the change of scenery is exactly what he's looking for. Who knows. To boil it down to one thing is foolish, perhaps.

On the same token, I wouldn't dream of forbidding my kids, who will ultimately have to stand on their own two feet and take responsibility for their own choices and actions, the choice of attending college in a state like Colorado. Seems shortsighted to me.

My statement was more in general to why some kids might choose Colorado over anywhere, not McGee specifically.