Would field turf help recruiting?

[johnnyreb74]

I was talking to an admin from Trinity HS this past weekend and we discussed Gaius and recruiting in general.

He had a pretty good point that if we were to have field turf instead of grass and we were to host high school games this would allow the local kids to see up close the stadium and our great facilities.

He mentioned the Soutlake v Trinity playoff game that was played at Birdville stadium. He said if TCU would have allowed them to play at the stadium both schools would have jumped all over it.

Are we missing out by not using one of our biggest recruiting tools by keeping the grass field?

 

[joejordan]

No. Stated as if it were fact.

 

[Number1TCUfan]

this is nonsense. kids that we recruit will see our facilities when they take their official visit.

 

[HToady]

I don't think the playing surface matters since most HS have to play on both anyway.

I do wonder why TCU doesn't (and hasn't) hosted more HS playoff games and other HS focused events. If we're going to allow the Armed Forces Bowl, I don't see how the HS games would be harmful.

 

[Young and Horned]

 

[HFrog1999]

Field turf sux

 

[Hunt Together]

This would only work for kids who haven't had a chance to see the facilities on their own. Gaius was on campus multiple times, so I don't see how a turf field could have helped in recruiting him.

 

[Pure Purple]

Gaius' reason for going to Utah was undoubtedly because he

was a Mormon and two of his high school teammates were in

the same Ute recruiting class.

 

[OldFreakNasty]

The field turf at dkr gave me a nasty rash on my butt. It was even worse for my colleague.

Hook'em!

 

[Punter1]

No, no,no and hell no....

 

[TopFrog]

Why does some idiot bring this up every other day?

 

[tcuhf93]

I was talking to an admin from Trinity HS this past weekend and we discussed Gaius and recruiting in general.

He had a pretty good point that if we were to have field turf instead of grass and we were to host high school games this would allow the local kids to see up close the stadium and our great facilities.

He mentioned the Soutlake v Trinity playoff game that was played at Birdville stadium. He said if TCU would have allowed them to play at the stadium both schools would have jumped all over it.

Are we missing out by not using one of our biggest recruiting tools by keeping the grass field?

Check out the Field Turf at Trinity HS. Reminds me of the indoor/outdoor carpet on Granpa's back porch. And don't get me started on why any "admin" at Trinity HS would ever have a valid opinion on the management of athletic facilities. Pisses me off just thinking about it.

 

[tcudoc]

Does there need to be a 1000 post minimum before you can start a discussion about field turf? :tongue:

 

[johnnyreb74]

Ok, evidently yall didnt get my point. So let me explain.

I am not trying to say recruits are making a decsion on going to TCU based on the playing surface. So I wasnt saying Gaius made his decision based on this.

My point was since we do not host HS games because we have grass are we possibly missing out on recruits?

The Trinity admin said that TCU does not want HS games because it will tear up the field. Surely there are kids that we were interested in that didnt come on a visit. These are the recruits I am referring to.

So if we had field turf and did host HS games then we could POSSIBLY get looks from recruits that might not have had a strong interest in TCU.

 

[tcudoc]

Check out the Field Turf at Trinity HS. Reminds me of the indoor/outdoor carpet on Granpa's back. And get me off just thinking about it.

Fun with the delete button

 

[tcuhf93]

Fun with the delete button

Ok, that was good.

 

[MavAlbert]

Couldn't hurt. I don't think it would make or break anyones decision, but it would be a positive thing. It should be done.

 

[Army Frog Fan]

I was talking to an admin from Trinity HS this past weekend and we discussed Gaius and recruiting in general.

He had a pretty good point that if we were to have field turf instead of grass and we were to host high school games this would allow the local kids to see up close the stadium and our great facilities.

He mentioned the Soutlake v Trinity playoff game that was played at Birdville stadium. He said if TCU would have allowed them to play at the stadium both schools would have jumped all over it.

Are we missing out by not using one of our biggest recruiting tools by keeping the grass field?

Are you perhaps related to our favorite johnnyreb?

http://www.youtube.com/user/johnnyreb1025

 

[johnnyreb74]

Top Frog - if you werent a moron and actually got the point of the post then maybe you could have replied with some real insight.

Keep up the good work.

 

[StigFrog]

I remember at the first reseating meeting for the new Amon Carter, CDC mentioned that the new stadium would have two visitors locker rooms with the hope of hosting some high school games.
There have been a few playoff games at ACS in the past few years but not as many as most of us would like.