Add Stanford head coach David Shaw to the list of people fed up by the relentless and ruthless recruiting practices employed by many college programs.
After once again attaining a top-20 recruiting class, the Cardinal coach spoke with Andy Drukarev of Cardinal Sports Report to discuss how he prefers keeping his recruiting process as clean as possible.
"This is not meant to offend anybody, but I'm sure it will. I want the Stanford offers to be real. I want them to hold weight. We give an offer to a kid, it's an offer. It's a real offer. There's no time expiration on it. We're not dangling it between you and three other guys (saying), 'Hey, first one to jump gets it.' We just don't operate that way," Shaw said.
The timing of his comments are appropriate, considering the recent flurry of insincere actions from coaches and programs towards high school recruits.
One of the more publicized issues came when Louisville head coach Bobby Petrino pulled a scholarship from running back recruit Matt Colburn and asked the prospect out of South Carolina to greyshirt.
Shaw - heading into his fifth season - offered a strong opinion about the extra hoopla that surrounds recruiting high school prospects.
"Half this recruiting stuff is crap. It's all crap. It's all flashing lights, it's all emotion. When it comes down to it. here's what Stanford has to offer. Does it fit what you're looking for? We cut through all the other stuff. Other people can talk, and that's great. And some people out there are great recruiters. They're a great recruiter at one school, become a great recruiter at another school. I have no problem with that."
