The first 8 Recruiting Rules laid out various parts of the plan for teams to get talented players onto their rosters. But, in the end, the thing that matters more than anything is what teams do on the field. Which leads me to the final Recruiting Rule:
Win
I know, it seems so simple, but without turning potential into performance, everything a team sells in recruiting is for naught. Teams have to produce on the field to validate the paradigm used in recruiting. Or, that paradigm will cease working.
David Furones of The South Florida Sun-Sentinel had this to say about winning:
It’s much easier to pitch your program and vision to a recruit when what you’re preaching is proven to work.