Recruiting and the social media effect

[Jason Svoboda]

Decent article. Thoughts?

"I think a text message is probably easier just because kids, we're always on our phones and always texting," said Jones, a standout for Apple Valley High School. "If they just text us real quick, it takes two seconds to text back. I know me personally, if you send out a lot of letters, it takes some time to open all those up. Sometimes talking on the phone takes a long time."

Yeah, God forbid you find the right fit. Definitely know you can figure out everything you need to know about a school, program and coach through text messages.

"I think a call and text seems to be more personal than a letter," said Jones' mother, Deb Jones. "When a letter comes, it's not really a letter, it's a flier."

A call, yes. A text, not likely. Many of the bigger programs have folk that text recruits on behalf of the head coach.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8229423/recruiting-social-media-effect-men-college-basketball