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swampcougar1 said:
So are you throwing this out here as speculation for our OC?



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An interesting read about how Mel Tucker build his team with transfer portal.



Here's Andrew Rodgers part:

Just a few days before Christmas, Martzen scheduled a meeting with then-director of player personnel Scott Aligo and recruiting assistant Andrew Rodgers. Martzen discussed the importance of the portal, laying out his expectations and his vision. He and Tucker likened it to NFL free agency and saw it changing the landscape of college football, particularly after the COVID 2020 season.

Aligo and Rodgers were tasked with running the portal. Tucker and Martzen gave them full autonomy to develop their own system and find the players MSU needed to be competitive.

“He saw it as an opportunity to be like free agency and an opportunity for programs, college programs, to kind of start these college scouting departments,” Rodgers said. “You now have recruiting people — people who used to work in recruiting as recruiting assistants or player personnel — who were going to work in this college scouting department and do the portal full-time. He saw it as this thing that was going to be a full-time project. That’s what we saw in the offseason.”

That set in motion an aggressive player-acquisition initiative. Rodgers was responsible for the day-to-day handling of the portal, with Aligo overseeing things. Rodgers compiled a list of every new player who entered the portal, refreshing the database multiple times per day and adding as he went along. Eventually, he developed a rhythm.

As a member of Michigan State’s recruiting department, after working with Tucker at Colorado, Rodgers entered his new role knowing exactly what type of player Tucker and his assistants coveted from a size/frame/athletic standpoint. Tucker has requirements for each position. Offensive linemen with height. Defensive backs with length. Linebackers with speed. Running backs with vision, balance and body control.

“Mel was very transparent about what he wanted,” Rodgers said. “He gave Scott Aligo and I positions of need. Mel knew what he wanted with positions because he’s been successful — really everywhere he’s been. He’s been at programs like Alabama and Georgia and Michigan State back with Nick Saban. So, he knows what it takes to win, and he knows the players that he wants to win with. So he told us what he needed, and, basically, it was just, ‘Have at it.'”

Rodgers’ familiarity with Tucker’s preferences helped him navigate the database. Because Michigan State was looking for immediate help, Rodgers documented the snap counts each player received at his previous school in order to get a better idea of the players who appeared on his screen. Was he a starter at his previous school? A key reserve? Was he injured? Was he a young player who wanted a change of scenery? All of that information was compiled, providing a small piece of the puzzle to find a potential fit.

Rodgers was essentially the first line of defense. If he saw traits that would help the team, he cut up tape of a player on XOS — the industry standard in film study and video scouting — and passed it off to Aligo. If Aligo liked what he saw, he took the names assembled to the on-field coaches in charge of the player’s position group, should he transfer to MSU. If the assistant coaches approved, the final step was getting the film in front of Tucker.

And if Tucker approved?

“It was a full-court press trying to get this guy to Michigan State,” Rodgers said.
 
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Cane6 said:
What would I hate more

1. Miami hiring Ponce as OC
2. Fins hiring Vance Joseph as HC
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Don’t think it is even close.

Vance Joseph being hired would cause a riot and fans would instantly cancel season tickets.

After getting over the initial sting ponce would be accepted by UM fans.
 
Alex Del Piero said:
An interesting read about how Mel Tucker build his team with transfer portal.



Here's Andrew Rodgers part:

Just a few days before Christmas, Martzen scheduled a meeting with then-director of player personnel Scott Aligo and recruiting assistant Andrew Rodgers. Martzen discussed the importance of the portal, laying out his expectations and his vision. He and Tucker likened it to NFL free agency and saw it changing the landscape of college football, particularly after the COVID 2020 season.

Aligo and Rodgers were tasked with running the portal. Tucker and Martzen gave them full autonomy to develop their own system and find the players MSU needed to be competitive.

“He saw it as an opportunity to be like free agency and an opportunity for programs, college programs, to kind of start these college scouting departments,” Rodgers said. “You now have recruiting people — people who used to work in recruiting as recruiting assistants or player personnel — who were going to work in this college scouting department and do the portal full-time. He saw it as this thing that was going to be a full-time project. That’s what we saw in the offseason.”

That set in motion an aggressive player-acquisition initiative. Rodgers was responsible for the day-to-day handling of the portal, with Aligo overseeing things. Rodgers compiled a list of every new player who entered the portal, refreshing the database multiple times per day and adding as he went along. Eventually, he developed a rhythm.

As a member of Michigan State’s recruiting department, after working with Tucker at Colorado, Rodgers entered his new role knowing exactly what type of player Tucker and his assistants coveted from a size/frame/athletic standpoint. Tucker has requirements for each position. Offensive linemen with height. Defensive backs with length. Linebackers with speed. Running backs with vision, balance and body control.

“Mel was very transparent about what he wanted,” Rodgers said. “He gave Scott Aligo and I positions of need. Mel knew what he wanted with positions because he’s been successful — really everywhere he’s been. He’s been at programs like Alabama and Georgia and Michigan State back with Nick Saban. So, he knows what it takes to win, and he knows the players that he wants to win with. So he told us what he needed, and, basically, it was just, ‘Have at it.'”

Rodgers’ familiarity with Tucker’s preferences helped him navigate the database. Because Michigan State was looking for immediate help, Rodgers documented the snap counts each player received at his previous school in order to get a better idea of the players who appeared on his screen. Was he a starter at his previous school? A key reserve? Was he injured? Was he a young player who wanted a change of scenery? All of that information was compiled, providing a small piece of the puzzle to find a potential fit.

Rodgers was essentially the first line of defense. If he saw traits that would help the team, he cut up tape of a player on XOS — the industry standard in film study and video scouting — and passed it off to Aligo. If Aligo liked what he saw, he took the names assembled to the on-field coaches in charge of the player’s position group, should he transfer to MSU. If the assistant coaches approved, the final step was getting the film in front of Tucker.

And if Tucker approved?

“It was a full-court press trying to get this guy to Michigan State,” Rodgers said.
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So he is Jonah Hill from Moneyball. Excellent.
 
Just noticed on dvd twitter page his bio says DB coach. Not sure if that’s been there forever.
 
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Ya Andrew is from the Jupiter area - I met him at an AFCA convention back in 2019 - my last attempt at getting into a big program in CFB in recruiting before I gave it up. We both interviewed with Drinkwitz from Missouri for roles in the recruiting dept but neither of us got the job.

He got into recruiting scene after he graduated doing theatre or something - he was trying to get into like sports radio and broadcasting and stuff and did an unpaid internship with Colorado to get into a D1 school and Tucker took him with him to MSU.
 
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