John Adams: Serrano should be next

[BruinVol]

Great. Let's start performing as well as Auburn and Kentucky then. Just make a dang NCAAT 2 or 3 times every 6 or 7 years. I'm not asking for a dynasty here.

I agree and I see that coming.

 

[Diamond Dore]

On average. Give me a breakdown of the numbers of players commmitted in each class the last 5 years

From Perfect Game, classes 2011 to 2016:

Florida: 14-19-17-11-12-14 Total: 87

Georgia: 20-20-11-12-12-14 Total: 89

South Carolina: 19-17-21-13-1612 Total: 98

LSU: 12-13-14-10-7-13 Total: 69

Arkansas: 16-14-18-16-15-17 Total: 96

Miss. State: 9-7-14-10-22-8 Total: 70

Tennessee: 11-12-10-10-7-15 Total: 65

Vanderbilt: 13-16-13-11-14-10 Total: 77

It appears that those are the ones who made it to campus. (You can make a hundred offers but the only ones who count are the ones who show up on campus)

As you can see, you have some teams like LSU and MSU which have had success with 70 signees or less, or schools like Ark and SC who have almost 100 over the same time frame, and who have also had some success.

Vandy's actually on the lower side of the scale in terms of total signees.

 

[BruinVol]

From Perfect Game, classes 2011 to 2016:

Florida: 14-19-17-11-12-14 Total: 87

Georgia: 20-20-11-12-12-14 Total: 89

South Carolina: 19-17-21-13-1612 Total: 98

LSU: 12-13-14-10-7-13 Total: 69

Arkansas: 16-14-18-16-15-17 Total: 96

Miss. State: 9-7-14-10-22-8 Total: 70

Tennessee: 11-12-10-10-7-15 Total: 65

Vanderbilt: 13-16-13-11-14-10 Total: 77

It appears that those are the ones who made it to campus. (You can make a hundred offers but the only ones who count are the ones who show up on campus)

As you can see, you have some teams like LSU and MSU which have had success with 70 signees or less, or schools like Ark and SC who have almost 100 over the same time frame, and who have also had some success.

Vandy's actually on the lower side of the scale in terms of total signees.

Thanks for posting. I must have looked at the list of commits and not those that actually made it to campus. I was surprised South Carolina had more than Vandy but florida was just under. My main point is it becomes much more difficult to juggle such a long list commits when $ is tight. Schools like Florida South Carolina and Vandy have more .$ to throw around at so many risky commits.

 

[Diamond Dore]

Thanks for posting. I must have looked at the list of commits and not those that actually made it to campus. I was surprised South Carolina had more than Vandy but florida was just under. My main point is it becomes much more difficult to juggle such a long list commits when $ is tight. Schools like Florida South Carolina and Vandy have more .$ to throw around at so many risky commits.

At this point some recruits are using schools as leverage as well. We were never going to get Jason Groome last year, so while he was committed for a while, it really made little difference.

The 2018 class for Vandy includes Kumar Rocker, but many are picking him to be a possible #1 overall pick in the draft, so if that happens there is very little chance we sign him. Short of him sliding in the draft or getting injured it's a long shot that he'll ever sign here. So if you're going to offer a kid like that, you are going to have to offer someone else just in case for that spot. For that matter, two of the other commits are in some of the early top 10 lists. So if those three kids go in the top 10 as some project, it likely goes very quickly from a 21 person class to an 18 person class, with even more attrition likely from some of the kids who go in the first few rounds.

Wouldn't shock me a bit if we landed 14 or 15 out of those 21 and still wound up with a great class.

 

[Geter Gowen]

I'd bet he hasn't been to a UT baseball game in over 3 years.

I haven't been to a baseball game in over 3 years and I used to go all the time. Watching losing baseball is not worth the drive.

 

[The Dog]

Sorry. It's just who I am. I'll try t do better. Not sure which would have been worse? Being linked with the "dumbassess on this site" or "South Carolina fans" but to be honest, that sounds like a redundant comparison.

Thank u. They are very similar, but I was being a smartass and calling u a GameCock without the Game and I apologize for that. Once again, sorry, and I really do think u are one of the best posters on the baseball threads