With the right coaches, the Lobos can bring in top-level East Coast players. The Lobos' staff has recruited the East Coast, knows the East Coast and is from the East Coast. Zeke Johnson, a native of Baltimore, and Eric Chatfield, from Queens, N.Y., both last year. And Albuquerque certainly isn't like home. Recruiting is built on pipelines.
Players are most concerned with joining high school teammates when selecting colleges.
Two seasons ago, Fraschilla thought he could use then-assistant Troy Weaver to establish a pipeline with Oak Hill Academy in Virginia. I don't believe in pipelines. Fraschilla said he had signed seven or eight JC players in 22 years of coaching before coming to New Mexico. He has signed six since. Fraschilla is a great recruiter.