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Every week, PowerMizzou.com publisher Gabe DeArmond answers questions from Tiger fans in the mailbag. This format allows for a more expansive answer than a message board post. Keep your eye out each week to submit your question for the mailbag or send them to powermizzou@gmail.com. On to this week's inquiries.
DrunkTruman asks: Several commits/players like Carnell, Jones, and Montgomery (if memory serves) have noted that Mizzou has had multiple coaches recruiting them as a positive word on the staff.Is that new to just Mizzou, or is this something the staff is trying out during covid times and maybe onto a new recruiting tactic?
GD: Most staffs will always tell you recruiting is a group effort. There's a coach or two listed as the "lead recruiter" and that's still the case with this staff, but everyone has to play a part in recruiting a kid. That might be a little easier to do now during virtual visits. If a kid is FaceTiming, it's easy to turn the camera to six different coaches and have them say hi and give a little pitch. Probably means a little bit more than it would just passing the phone around. Also, the coaches are all in the same location right now. During normal times, they'd probably be scattered all over the place recruiting kids. Now, you can designate X number of hours a day and say "this is when we're calling kids. The primary guy is going to make the call, but then we're going to pass the phone around or turn the camera to five different guys so he knows we all know him and want him."
mark1960 asks: In your opinion what is the alternatives for MLB, CFB, NFL, NHL, NBA etc. if no covid vaccine happens? Are these entities willing to shut down for multiple years? It seems if you aren't willing to have protocols to push through without a vaccine you could shut sports down for many years.
GD: I don't think anybody's shutting down for multiple years. They're all trying to get some semblance of a season in this year. We'll see if they can. But if they haven't figured out a way to do it by next season, we've got a lot more significant problems than not being able to watch games.
