Well, all those aspects of coaching add up to about half a salary. Don't get me wrong, recruiting intrigues me. It's so important to the health of a program, that you have to pay attention to it. Assistant coaches spend the spring on the road just scouting players, then do the follow-up work in December, January and February.
Every case is a different case.
Some kids are doing it for the education, some are playing for the big lights, and there are some who don't know what they are looking for. During the recruiting season, Weddell put about 1,500 miles on his car a week, hitting the road four nights a week during January. Case in point was his visit to Appel's house with fellow Aggie assistant Shawn Slocum. Shawn and I were in there visiting, and we hear this big noise from up above. He says it's the snakes.