There was a time when I was a serious recruiting writer.
It was very different back in the late 1970s and through the 1980s, when I followed the subject closely. We didn’t have the modern AAU circuit or such events as the Peach Jam or the EYBL. But college coaches could talk about recruiting in that era – and they did. I would be tipped off as to which recruits to follow and I would talk to their prep coaches, who usually managed their recruitment. I talked frequently to Howard Garfinkel, who was the clearcut recruiting guru in his day.