And to be clear I’m not being critical of Dennis in saying that ... it’s more about thinking critically and independently to arrive at conclusions
JFC I'll take the L now that we have an insider saying that they really don't spend that much time having to scout Texas and that the pool of talent in CA really is that shallow but Fuck off man. I learned the term opportunity cost as a Junior in High school. It didn't take having to go to grad school for me to become exposed to basic economic concepts.
Tech and society have changed and what once would have been a larger sink of resources is now a relatively low cost investment while the rate of return has stayed relatively constant. Fair enough.
It’s applicable when I have a finite amount of resources (usually in the form of $$$) and I’m making decisions on how to maximize bang for my buck (usually customers)
The limiting agent in CFB recruiting is amount of time on the road recruiting. Coaches have to be smart at where they travel, who they visit, and most importantly and not really talked about here are the HS programs/coaches they want to build pipelines with.
The flaw in how most of you are talking about opportunity cost is that the recruiting game isn’t about maximizing customers (recruits). The recruiting game is finite and in any given class it’s about being able to secure the top targets that you can.
Road Dawg is spot on in his assessment. Texas is all about building out infrastructure and pipelines for the future. 1 to 3 kids don’t sound like a lot but it’s 5-15% of our class. In the last 5 years we’ve gone from being blown out in Hawaii to very successful by investing, time, energy, and resources. Same with Utah. Texas is no different.
Yeah like huskyskeet said nobody was arguing to maximize customers. Everybody was arguing about time as a limiting factor.
Next time before you come in on your TCU MBA high horse trying to explain basic concepts like we are idiots maybe take a second read first.
You're misrepresenting what he said. Teq didn't say that one of you said that the recruiting game is about maximizing customers, he said that this fact is why you're wrong. To be fair to him.
It goes back to what he said about it being a finite market. There's only so far you can expand. At the same time there's only so many good investments in a certain region, which might make it a net gain to expand at least a little bit.
That's where the opportunity cost comes in. Of course that necessitates an investment. We're not investing as much money as a team like Clemson, nor do we have the same brand (in terms of wins), therefore it takes longer. It's not necessarily a sunk cost.
Personally I think the biggest limiting factor in our recruiting has been sticking with bad coaches. Adams and Huff has given us way faster yields than the Texas strategy, although Teq makes a good point about Hawai'i and Utah.
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Tech and society have changed and what once would have been a larger sink of resources is now a relatively low cost investment while the rate of return has stayed relatively constant. Fair enough.
It goes back to what he said about it being a finite market. There's only so far you can expand. At the same time there's only so many good investments in a certain region, which might make it a net gain to expand at least a little bit.
That's where the opportunity cost comes in. Of course that necessitates an investment. We're not investing as much money as a team like Clemson, nor do we have the same brand (in terms of wins), therefore it takes longer. It's not necessarily a sunk cost.
Personally I think the biggest limiting factor in our recruiting has been sticking with bad coaches. Adams and Huff has given us way faster yields than the Texas strategy, although Teq makes a good point about Hawai'i and Utah.