Donte Williams on Twitter

[Seadawg]

We aint doing jack without guys like him. Sign him yesterday and look for a top recruiting DC.

 

[MikeSeaver]

Interesting.

I dont want him at UW. I'd rather have good coaches who realize that being great recruiters is now part of their job too. It's not hard, in fact it's way, way easier than being a great coach.

He’s probably one of the top 5-6 recruiters in the country. Get him.

SC recruiting hasn’t been anything special the last two years and Oregon’s recruiting hasn’t dropped since he left.

 

[backthepack]

Interesting.

I dont want him at UW. I'd rather have good coaches who realize that being great recruiters is now part of their job too. It's not hard, in fact it's way, way easier than being a great coach.

He’s probably one of the top 5-6 recruiters in the country. Get him.

SC recruiting hasn’t been anything special the last two years and Oregon’s recruiting hasn’t dropped since he left.

He got Domani. He got Korey Foreman. He got Mykel Williams. He’s a great recruiter.

 

[dOgmaster]

He left Oregon to be closer to his family in SoCal. Believe one his parents has bad health. Maybe he gets the Fresno job.

 

[AtomicDawg]

We aint doing jack without guys like him. Sign him yesterday and look for a top recruiting DC.

Coordinators are not big recruiters most of the time. It’s dudes that know scheme and have their shit together and many times Are burnouts from the recruiting trail.

 

[CFetters_Nacho_Lover]

Interesting.

I dont want him at UW. I'd rather have good coaches who realize that being great recruiters is now part of their job too. It's not hard, in fact it's way, way easier than being a great coach.

He’s probably one of the top 5-6 recruiters in the country. Get him.

SC recruiting hasn’t been anything special the last two years and Oregon’s recruiting hasn’t dropped since he left.

SC had the 7th ranked class in 2021 and was 64th in 2020. When was he hired at USC relative to the 2020 signing periods?

 

[Sources]

First job is to re-recruit Haener's mom

 

[sonics1993]

Interesting.

I dont want him at UW. I'd rather have good coaches who realize that being great recruiters is now part of their job too. It's not hard, in fact it's way, way easier than being a great coach.

He’s probably one of the top 5-6 recruiters in the country. Get him.

SC recruiting hasn’t been anything special the last two years and Oregon’s recruiting hasn’t dropped since he left.

SC had the 7th ranked class in 2021 and was 64th in 2020. When was he hired at USC relative to the 2020 signing periods?

Signed after the 2020 period. Shows the effect he had.

 

[MikeSeaver]

Interesting.

I dont want him at UW. I'd rather have good coaches who realize that being great recruiters is now part of their job too. It's not hard, in fact it's way, way easier than being a great coach.

He’s probably one of the top 5-6 recruiters in the country. Get him.

SC recruiting hasn’t been anything special the last two years and Oregon’s recruiting hasn’t dropped since he left.

He got Domani. He got Korey Foreman. He got Mykel Williams. He’s a great recruiter.

I’m not here to bash The Daunt but, two of those kids live about an hour from SC.

Pretty much minimum requirements, that said, in a difficult situation.

 

[dOgmaster]

I believe the recruiting services rank him as one of the top recruiters in the conference this year. For the 2021 class he was #1 in the PAC12 and #3 in the country.

 

[MikeSeaver]

I believe the recruiting services rank him as one of the top recruiters in the conference this year. For the 2021 class he was #1 in the PAC12 and #3 in the country.

Yeah but still…

 

[creepycoug]

Interesting.

I dont want him at UW. I'd rather have good coaches who realize that being great recruiters is now part of their job too. It's not hard,[/b] in fact it's way, way easier than being a great coach.

If that were true, everybody would be good at it. And everybody is not good at it, while EVERYBODY knows it's important. I'm not sure there are any coaches in the country who need to be forced into that realization.

The ones who aren't good it also don't like it. Maybe they're not good at it because they don't like it, or don't like it because they're not good at it.

Either way, there is nothing easy about it. It takes a lot of work and and ability to sell.

 

[chuck]

Interesting.

I dont want him at UW. I'd rather have good coaches who realize that being great recruiters is now part of their job too. It's not hard,[/b] in fact it's way, way easier than being a great coach.

If that were true, everybody would be good at it. And everybody is not good at it, while EVERYBODY knows it's important. I'm not sure there are any coaches in the country who need to be forced into that realization.

The ones who aren't good it also don't like it. Maybe they're not good at it because they don't like it, or don't like it because they're not good at it.

Either way, there is nothing easy about it. It takes a lot of work and and ability to sell.

The Ines who take it seriously enough to work hard at it are good at it. It's hard to put in the work, I suppose.

 

[creepycoug]

Interesting.

I dont want him at UW. I'd rather have good coaches who realize that being great recruiters is now part of their job too. It's not hard, in fact it's way, way easier than being a great coach.

He’s probably one of the top 5-6 recruiters in the country. Get him.

SC recruiting hasn’t been anything special the last two years and Oregon’s recruiting hasn’t dropped since he left.

That's because Crisco is still there and teaches seminars in how to do it. Donte is a great recruiter in his own right.

 

[creepycoug]

Interesting.

I dont want him at UW. I'd rather have good coaches who realize that being great recruiters is now part of their job too. It's not hard, in fact it's way, way easier than being a great coach.[/b]

Disagree with the bolded.

Yes you want the best coaches possible who are great in every area, but elite recruiting is an intangible skill that very few people have. It's ultra-competitive sales.

Turnover rates at high-commission jobs are insanely high for a reason, the best and brightest on paper can't fucking hack it. I'm ok with having a hired gun on staff who specializes in this area, particularly early on when you still need to sell the vision.

Ideally, once the train gets rolling the program will start recruiting itself more.[/b]

I question whether this ever really happens quite the way we imagine it does. Yes, once things get going the product being sold takes on more shine. But it's always competitive and somebody else always has something shiny to sell and 98% of recruits are open to more than one option. I say you always need it. You can only do so much with scheme and development.

 

[tvoie]

The people shooting down Williams as a stud recruiter are silly! UW absolutely needs someone like him.

 

[chuck]

The people shooting down Williams as a stud recruiter are silly! UW absolutely needs someone like him.

I'm not shooting him down as a stud recruiter. I'm questioning whether he's a good enough coach. I'm not of the opinion that you can sacrifice player development at UW for ace recruiting. It didn't work when Tosh was here.

There are guys out there who can do both. I dont believe you can have any guys in staff excused from recruiting. They should all be in to it and good at it. Same goes for coaching and development though.

 

[backthepack]

Tosh was under Sark. It doesn't matter if you’re under a shit head coach.

 

[RatherBeBrewing]

Williams’ wife, Dr. Jayna, got her undergrad at UW where she was a cheerleader. My friend’s wife was friends or frenemies or something like that with her.

Y’all would be fools to not hire Donte if Town Car isn’t retaining him. If you give a fuck about his coaching DBs or CBs or whatever you’re stupid. He’s not even a bad DB coach, but even if he was it doesn’t matter - because he’ll recruit a nun to a brothel.

 

[NEsnake12]

Time to bake a cake