Four-star WR Kwazi Gilmer talks upcoming Stanford visit and difference between new and old staff

Troy Taylor and company are putting in work on the recruiting trail and recruits are noticing

As more time moves on from the David Shaw era, we begin to learn about how different the program is being run under the new regime.

We have already seen the Troy Taylor era of Stanford football dip into the transfer portal four times, after the college football world was convinced that it wasn't a possibility. We now are also learning about effort put in by the two staffs based on comments by four-star receiver Kwazi Gimer. In an interview with 247Sports, Gilmer was discussing the programs he plans on visiting which are Texas, Texas A&M, UCLA, Notre Dame, and Stanford.

When discussing Stanford, the Sierra Canyon product had some interesting comments in regards to how much effort the staff was putting in saying:

“They’re planning 2-3 Junior Days, but I think I’m going to the one in April,”: Gilmer said. “Stanford is really recruiting me hard, actually harder than any other schools right now ,and I think that’s a change for them.

He continued saying:

“The new staff seems a lot more aggressive and I’ve been talking with Corey Edsall, one of the offensive assistants, and also coach Osborne, the receivers coach. I’ve never been to Stanford before so it should be a good time.”

This certainly implies that the previous staff did not have the best reputation for pushing extremely hard for recruits, which when you think about how many times they discussed people respecting the "Stanford brand" it definitely causes one to wonder if they were hoping brand recognition would do all the work.

A prime example of the staff putting in that extra work is newly hired offensive line coach Viane Talamaivao being on campus for less than a week, and going after a longtime Oregon commit. In order to return to being a nationally competitive program, the Cardinal will not only need to be continuously putting in excessive effort on the trail, but they need to land these highly touted recruits that can turn the program around.