Recruitment Roundup

Aiding In Recruiting

Aiding In Recruiting

Dec 15, 2014 by Ryan Holmes
Aiding In Recruiting
Flowrestling has become the absolute pinnacle of wrestling media.

Over the years of impending growth, the site has gone from being a place where our athletes were given the exposure they deserve to a tool for wrestlers and coaches alike.

With rankings, videos, articles, live coverage and in-depth analysis, it has essentially become a one-stop shop for all that is wrestling.

“Just like anything, (recruiting) keeps speeding up. We have to identify these kids earlier and earlier so how you spend your recruiting dollars is even more important,” said Purdue head coach Tony Ersland. “And every match is on Flo now. So we can do a little more research on guys through watching their videos.”

For someone like Ersland or Zeke Jones of Arizona State, who both had a late start to the recruiting process, being able to evaluate mass quantities of wrestlers all in one place is incredibly beneficial.

Not only is it tough getting a late start at executing your own game plan, but it’s also a bit difficult to pick up where someone else left off.

“As a staff we touched base with the guys that the old staff was in touch with to see what their level of interest was along with evaluating them and if they weren’t interested then we moved on,” Ersland said. “We moved on pretty quickly, but it worked out well. We believe in our own philosophies so for the most part we recruited the kids that we felt fit into that philosophy.”

But don’t think that coaches are the only people who see the content value for more than just the high level of enjoyment it certainly offers. Wrestlers can keep an even closer eye on the competition from coast-to-coast with just one visit to one of the many coverage pages.

All in all, for fans, Flowrestling has become a complete revelation. But for coaches and wrestlers, it has enhanced the way that they recruit as well as scout the opposition.