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Wednesday, 01 February 2012 22:56 |
 Allison Hill | The Appalachian
Coach Jerry Moore praised this class as possibly the best he’s ever achieved.
It’s been a tumultuous offseason – one that saw six of Appalachian’s coaches leaving, four of them for rival Western Carolina. But Coach Moore was pleased with the way his staff handled the recruiting period and said the coaching turnover did little to affect Appalachian’s results.
“What you have to do is evaluate your players and we had evaluated our players,” Moore said. “We had them 1-2-3, like a pro draft, so we knew who we wanted.”
The Mountaineers signed 10 defensive players and nine offensive, but another factor was more striking: the size of the linemen Appalachian State recruited.
In years past, the Mountaineers have opted to sign smaller linemen, usually in the 240-pound range, and progress them through their career.
This season, Coach Moore changed his strategy.
“Offensive linemen was a must,” he said. “The smallest lineman we’ve recruited is 278 pounds. We didn’t compromise this year.”
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