Better Know a Freshman: Jamie Keehn - Mr. Australian Pipeline
If you build it, they will come. That's what Ray Kinsella told
me once. Les Miles said it too, about his erector set, referring
to Australian kickers. I still don't understand it, but I guess
it worked. Most coaches spend hour upon hour, year after year,
developing a pipeline into a potential powerhouse high school or
even a recruit-saturated region. If you are Oregon recruiting in
South Florida, even one success story is an instant recruiting
pitch for the next decade.  For Les Miles a regional, hell even
a national, recruiting pipeline simply isn't enough. He wants to
go international. He wants to go Australian. While other coaches
are busy managing the clock and developing their quarterbacks,
Les is laying the groundwork for an international kicker
recruiting pipeline the world has never seen. You are two steps
behind Saban, two steps behind.  After the jump, I share Les
Miles' erector set blueprints.  In 2011, Brad Wing became a cult
hero. One