UCLA has become notoriously hard to get admitted to. Brosnan may not have very much pull within the athletic department and with admissions yet. Academic super achievers may be choosing marquee branded schools and recruits with very solid second tier grades may be getting turned away. It's hard to say that Brosnan is failing at the recruiting game right now. If he still cannot garner top talent in 2-3 years, then he can be labeled a failure.
Thus far he's really only had success selling So Cal to So Cal kids
yeah, but just to play devil's advocate, if that's all he's successful at, he should have a really good team as there is a huge SoCal population with top times.
Honestly, if I were in school still, I'd want to go there, and get out of the Midwest!! Have you been to SoCal? It's amazing weather. Plus, prestigious school; I understand it's not Ivy League, but still a very good school. On the women's side, he did recruit one of the top runners from IL this year, Brooke Johnston. 2:14/4:49/10:16. unfortunately, I think she was coming back from injury this spring.
I cut Brosnan a lot of slack but after a year at UCLA he's bringing in two guys that on his own terms are "not fast." Two 4:17 guys, one from NP? That's pathetic.
As for Van Hoy, he had already been recruiting athletes for years and could have brought them over to Cal Poly in some cases. Brosnan should have been able to get some of his top tier runners but couldn't. A strike against him, no doubt. He'll still get improvement but he has to have scholarships to give.
Thus far he's really only had success selling So Cal to So Cal kids
yeah, but just to play devil's advocate, if that's all he's successful at, he should have a really good team as there is a huge SoCal population with top times.
Honestly, if I were in school still, I'd want to go there, and get out of the Midwest!! Have you been to SoCal? It's amazing weather. Plus, prestigious school; I understand it's not Ivy League, but still a very good school. On the women's side, he did recruit one of the top runners from IL this year, Brooke Johnston. 2:14/4:49/10:16. unfortunately, I think she was coming back from injury this spring.
Sean, sell the SoCal lifestyle!
Both of you are correct.
When Sean Brosnan got the UCLA job, he said that his number one recruiting strategy was to convince the top California runners to stay in California and go to UCLA.
He does recruit outside of California too, but he knows that all he needs is a few top California kids per year to go to UCLA and he will be set.
I cut Brosnan a lot of slack but after a year at UCLA he's bringing in two guys that on his own terms are "not fast." Two 4:17 guys, one from NP? That's pathetic.
You don't understand how the recruiting calendar works.
When Sean Brosnan got hired by UCLA in August 2022, most of the kids that would graduate in June 2023 had already chosen their college, or at least their finalists. He never had a shot at those kids.
This fall, when the high school class of 2024 makes their college commitments, we'll see who Sean Brosnan is able to sign.
If he doesn't end up signing anyone good this fall, that's a problem. But he still has 4 more months.
This list is great. I would love to see one for women. I can't find some of them. Milesplit doesn't list commitment for many runners. I am surprised that you found it for everyone.
I cut Brosnan a lot of slack but after a year at UCLA he's bringing in two guys that on his own terms are "not fast." Two 4:17 guys, one from NP? That's pathetic.
You don't understand how the recruiting calendar works.
When Sean Brosnan got hired by UCLA in August 2022, most of the kids that would graduate in June 2023 had already chosen their college, or at least their finalists. He never had a shot at those kids.
This fall, when the high school class of 2024 makes their college commitments, we'll see who Sean Brosnan is able to sign.
If he doesn't end up signing anyone good this fall, that's a problem. But he still has 4 more months.
UCLA is not known as a XC school. it'll take time to convince top tier distance talent to go there. give him time.
some were surprised none of his Newberry Park mega-team followed him there but did you really expect these kids who are used to winning titles want to spend 4 years at UCLA as a part of a rebuild? The Sahlmans and Youngs all wanna compete and win now.
Also can I add that these top programs are absolutely drunk right now?
The depth and top end talent that some of these schools are getting is insane. Total arms race. How this is done with NIL and 12.6 and all kinds of accounting is extremely impressive.
Back in the day if you got a sub 9 or 4:10 kid it was a solid class.
AMAZING, how fast things are going to be in a few years
Sean Brosnan only got hired in August 2022, after most of the top recruits had either made their college decision, or had at least narrowed it down to a list of finalists.
But Sean Brosnan has no excuse anymore. This current recruiting period is going to show whether or not he can recruit as well as he thinks he can.
Yeah i think 2024 is the first class to really judge him on. Junior year is when a lot of relationships are built and kids start narrowing down choices and planning visits so this past season would have been his chance to recruit a class he had a chance on to pay off in a years time.
UCLA has two 4 freshman and two transfers on the men's side coming in this coming fall.
You don't understand how the recruiting calendar works.
When Sean Brosnan got hired by UCLA in August 2022, most of the kids that would graduate in June 2023 had already chosen their college, or at least their finalists. He never had a shot at those kids.
This fall, when the high school class of 2024 makes their college commitments, we'll see who Sean Brosnan is able to sign.
If he doesn't end up signing anyone good this fall, that's a problem. But he still has 4 more months.
UCLA is not known as a XC school. it'll take time to convince top tier distance talent to go there. give him time.
some were surprised none of his Newberry Park mega-team followed him there but did you really expect these kids who are used to winning titles want to spend 4 years at UCLA as a part of a rebuild? The Sahlmans and Youngs all wanna compete and win now.
Not a surprise. When Sean Brosnan was hired by UCLA, Colin Sahlman was already in college at that point. Leo and Lex Young had already decided to go to Stanford. So 3 out of 4 had no chance to go to UCLA.
So the only one who was available was Aaron Sahlman. But that guy is a hassle to deal with. I'm not sure that Sean Brosnan is sad that he missed out on Aaron.
Who are the transfers and freshman? Really only seeing Cantu and Cortes for incoming freshman. I’m sure Brosnan will get Transfers they just haven’t been officially announced yet.
I cut Brosnan a lot of slack but after a year at UCLA he's bringing in two guys that on his own terms are "not fast." Two 4:17 guys, one from NP? That's pathetic.
Brosnan was talking to a kid on my HS team after his Woodbridge and Clovis performance. After a sub-par race at a small invite, he just stops responding to him. The kid ends up beating both current UCLA recruits at state and nationals in XC and running faster track times(except for Cantu's sub 9), winning sectionals(over 3 sub 9 guys) and making state. Brosnan never called him back and he committed somewhere else. Now Brosnan has only 2 recruits
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Yeah, I would love to see the dollars on all of this. Oklahoma State got that class — including a few foreigners — using 3-4 scholarships? That seems impossible even knowing how much merit aid, NIL, etc can cover.
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