Facility Construction Tour - Allbuffs Feature

[89BUFF89]

At least facilities will no longer hurt us in recruiting but until we start winning I can't see it making 'the' difference for vast majority of recruits with multiple P5 offers. My guess is the academic support keeping them eligible and making the academic load easier is more on their minds than the medical side of it (everyone thought they were bullet proof at that age right?)

 

[Buffnik]

At least facilities will no longer hurt us in recruiting but until we start winning I can't see it making 'the' difference for vast majority of recruits with multiple P5 offers. My guess is the academic support keeping them eligible and making the academic load easier is more on their minds than the medical side of it (everyone thought they were bullet proof at that age right?)

As Ryan pointed out in Part II of his feature, recruiting has to close not just the player but also the family/guardian. Some of this stuff is going to have a big impact on family/guardian even if the player is in "bulletproof" mode and isn't thinking of that stuff. Part of that, too, is the huge expansion to academic areas within the team facilities.

It's all part of the puzzle. I don't know that there's any one thing I can point to and say that it's why CU is going to attract the best recruits. But what I do feel confident in is that the full picture will impress and that if there is a specific piece that the recruit or family/guardian is zeroing in on that CU will be able to have something that takes a back seat to no one in P5.

Bottom line is that CU is going to be state-of-the-art with its football facilities. No G5 will offer anything close. Most P5 won't measure up. And the elite of P5 won't look more "big time" than CU. This is true in terms of both the impression "wow factor" and the functionality once they're part of the program.

I agree that it won't all of a sudden make CU the pick for prospects over programs like Oregon that are in the Top 10 every year currently. But it should give CU a much better opportunity to win recruiting battles against P5 programs that are in and out of the Top 25 on the field in recent years.

 

[skibum]

But it should give CU a much better opportunity to win recruiting battles against P5 programs that are in and out of the Top 25 on the field in recent years.

And we'd better not lose any more recruits to Boise, et al.

 

[CVBuff]

I give up. Yes. Training and medical offices are only a very small part of a much much bigger package in recruiting. But the new center is billed as a sports performance center. Hopefully, that's true. It's purpose is then not just medical. It is to help a kid shave 0.05 seconds off his forty time or increase his vertical 3 inches through cutting edge training or to increase hand and eye reflexive speed through cognitive therapies. In a dog fight between winning programs, it is one thing among many that can sway a recruit, and it is unique to CU. It shows creativity and a commitment to excellence. Last post on this, promise.

 

[SuperiorBuff]

How unique is it for a college program to have in-house access to an MRI? That is a very nice upgrade for us, if you ask me.

I am very interested in that MRI, because you know it will be one of the big ones. I want to drive to Anschutz as little as possible.

 

[tante]

I am very interested in that MRI, because you know it will be one of the big ones. I want to drive to Anschutz as little as possible.

I got an MRI at Avista before, if you don't want to drive all the way across town. Probably a half dozen places you can get one in boulder county alone.