Murfreesboro is a very large city, so they have the benefit of being able to choose from a huge talent pool in that area. It’s also a part of the Nashville metropolitan area, which has increased in size exponentially the past 25+ years, and I’m sure brings even more great players into the fold. Also, it seems like when one of the Murfreesboro schools are really good, that’s where all the great players there go to. When I was growing up it was Riverdale, because of Rankin. Creasy has taken the place of what Rankin was, now all those great players that were going to Riverdale back in the day are now at Oakland. I’ve never seen both schools what I would call “great” at the same time. Maybe they both were at one time and canceled the other out, idk? MidTN can correct me if I’m wrong. It all evens itself out eventually. No team can sustain greatness forever, except maybe Alcoa, but a lot of that is because they’re like a 6A school playing a 3A schedule every year.
For those reasons I wouldn’t think Oakland would even need to recruit, except within the city of Murfreesboro itself, of course, which I’m sure takes place. But a lot of them just voluntarily go there, more than likely. If you build it, they will come…..