liveanddiedeac
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This recruits and facilities argument is unreal. Any outside observer would say Wake Forest has one of the most beautiful campuses in the country. Further they would say our football stadium is without peer for our size. When we have recruits visit does anybody really think we pick out the worst things about the Wake environment. It like someone comes to visit your house and you show them your junked up garage as a focal point. If you can't sell the entire Wake environment you suck at selling. There is much more to sell here than the size of a weight room. Some athletes are concerned with the size of the classroom. When I ran a sales force the worst of the worst were always bitching about what they did not have to sell instead of selling what they had.
Grobe shouldn't be saying those things, it just comes across as sour grapes. However, I think people really over value our stadium upgrades when it comes to recruiting. The stadium upgrades are great for us, the fan, I love them. However, the players and coaches don't spend a lot of time there when you think about it, they use the on campus facilities a whole lot more. I think there are things we are in dire need of upgrading on that front, so I think Grobe is probably right. I just don't like him going public with that stuff, not now when it could potentially hurt the new staffs efforts on the recruiting front.