MEN’S GOLF
“I love recruiting,’’ he said. “To do it well, I think you have to like it. I know a lot of guys who hate it. Would I rather be at home with my 5-month old (Josie) and my wife (Michelle)? Sure.
“But it’s all about recruiting and relationships. Those are the most important things we’re going to do here — and they’re reversible and intertwined — relationships and recruiting. “What’s exciting is that we’re trying to do some things that haven’t been done here in awhile, and we’re trying to get players to come here that may- be wouldn’t have considered this place in the past.’’ What does he see as some of the keys to executing his plan
for the Badgers? “Changing the mindset of the program; chang- ing the expectations to what we can do here,’’ he said. He knows how challenging it might be, too. “Recruiting is going to be a lot of work,’’ he
noting that his assistant, Bryant Odom, didn’t attend a recent youth camp at University Ridge because he was on the road recruiting.
Burcin has a vision for the program. But he must convince
“We’ve got to get these kids seeing themselves competing at a high level in the conference, in the regionals and in the NCAAs,” Burcin said. “When kids come here, they’ve got to under- stand that we’re trying to do some seriously big things here.”
said, “because we’re going to do a different type of recruiting than what was done here in the past.’’
Different how? “We’re go- ing to be more active,’’ he said,
his golfers on its viability. “I think that’s the biggest challenge,’’ he said. “We’ve got to get these kids seeing them- selves competing at a high level in the conference, in the region-
