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Originally Posted by Swayze11
You bring up some good points.
Things have changed drastically within the past 5 years when it comes to CIS football. There are no clear cut answer but I know the Dinos have put a lot of time, effort and especially money into recruiting within the past 5 years. They also got an Under Armour sponsorship which I found really interesting.
When I played football (6 years ago) there were rarely scouts attending our games and I believe 6 people MAX got scholarships within the whole league. Now a days when I attend my brothers games there are minimum 2 scouts at each game. I don't know how they treated their recruits from when I played because I wasn't one of them but my brother is getting recruited at this moment and they treat him really well. They have not got into specifics of the education part of it yet (It is still super early still) but they have been showcasing the football program more then anything.
I know it might sound lame but I am sure quite a few players who play CIS want to play in the CFL because they enjoy playing football. When you look at a guy like Andy Fantuiz who lead the CFL in receiving, I am sure a lot of CIS recievers want to be like him.
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Nothing wrong with recruiting. It's how you build a great team. What's bad about is when it is focusing solely on the football program and academic admission rules are thrown out the window for the program. When you do this you aren't getting student athletes, you are getting football players who have no interest in anything other than playing football.
I should also point out I think that Blake Nill is a great man and coach who truly cares for each and everyone of his players and wants nothing more for them to succeed post-university. I just differ fundamentally on his approach to winning in the CIS or some of his on-field tactics. What he does, works. The proof is in the results. Just not my cup of tea.