I'm curious. Have any of these "talent evaluators" that work for these recruiting services ever been hired by a college football program? You know... to evaluate talent to bring into the program?
It's all subjective anyway to a program's and coaches needs. Maybe the 3 star is a better fit to what a coach wants and needs to play a position than the 4 star with a few more points above him?
I take the recruiting sites with a grain of salt. Yes, it gives us a decent generalization of a players skills. It does help in discovering some players that would go unnoticed because they play at small schools or weak divisions.
But ultimately its entertainment and a for profit business. It's about getting discussions like this going, getting us to visit websites, getting players to camps, and making a profit at the end of the day.
I'll take Pruitt's and his staffs evaluations over ANY of the writers and evaluators for any of the recruiting services.
I dont think Pruitt got everyone he wanted. But I do think he is pleased with who he did get. There is a "type" that you see all across the board in the players he recruits. They are big, fast, competitive, come from winning programs, and don't seem to have issues qualifying.
In order to be good at recruiting what your team needs, you have to brutally honest with yourself to know where your weak and what needs fixed. We have all read where recruits have said that Pruitt is honest with them on what they do good, but also quick to point out where they need work. I think Butch just recruited stars to get that high class ranking, regardless of what he needed to make the team better.
This is a good class from top to bottom. It filled needs, its will provide much needed depth, and I think most of these kids will stick around . The mass exodus of players transferring should be over for the most part.
And for those of you saying that our class is closer to Kentucky and USCe than Florida and Auburn, here is a screenshot of rivals and their point system. I see 3 tiers here in this screenshot. You have Bama. Ohio State, LSU, and Clemson with a clear separation from everyone else.
Then Georgia and TAMU in the second tier.
Then you have Florida. Auburn, UT, Oregon, Oklahoma, Michigan, etc.
No where do I see Kentucky or South Carolina. Maybe some of y'all just want something to whine about?
In the end it's all about player development anyway and I think this staff has proven that it can do that.