The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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2013 football recruiting issue ners,��� the coach said. ���I know people on the outside are concerned about rankings and stars. Don���t get me wrong, those kind of things matter to everybody on our staff, too, but I really like recruiting winners, guys that know how to win and have championship rings. We were able to do that. We have 24 kids that were in the playoffs and six in state championships. We had 12 that were all-state performers, six that were in the North Carolina-South Carolina Shrine Bowl and 17 that were in all-star games. ���Those are guys that are not only very good football players, but they are competitors on teams that win games, and when you���re trying to become a championship team like we are, to have guys that have already done that is very important.��� Another major focus in State���s new plan of attack on the recruiting trail is getting ev- ery coach involved in the recruiting process on every prospect. That includes the head man, as well as his coordinators. ���We recruit as a staff,��� Doeren noted. ���It���s really important that everybody on our staff crosses over and touches these guys recruiting news stretching all the way until National Signing Day, but the staff will fight to the end on every recruit that they truly desire. ���There���s always going to be drama in January if you recruit the right way,��� Do- ���This is a great football state. I���m very encouraged about this state and the players that they produce.��� ��� Recruiting coordinator and defensive line coach Ryan Nielsen and their coaches. When we do the recruiting, they���ll meet everybody and everybody will be a part of it. ���I think that���s important because we do look at our football team as a family, and for them to choose this family, they���ve got to meet a lot of people in it.��� NC State fans may not be used to football eren said. ���I like to add guys up to Signing Day, if that���s what it takes. We���ll have as many of them locked up as soon as we can, but at the same time, if a kid wants to go to Signing Day and we want to go to Signing Day with that kid, that���s what we���ll do. ���We���re going to fight to the end on every kid we want.��� ��� March 2013��� ������ 33 32-33.Doeren Recruiting Approach.indd 33 2/26/13 1:17 PM