2021 recruiting rankings reality.

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#128
Special Ed said:
If you cruit well enough to begin with, you won't have to recruit.
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Not completely ... you have to recruit guys that fit your system, that buy into that system, and your system has to be better than everybody else's. You can recruit a stable full of 5 stars, but if they don't fit with what you are trying to do you will still lose.
 
#129
#129
VFLCodyGBO said:
This, some fans don’t like reality. Have we had a good week in recruiting? Yes. Is our class ranked higher than it should be because we have so many commits? Also yes.

Will “most” (as indicated by an earlier poster) of our 3 stars get a 4th star? No, maybe 2 of them will. Certainly not most.

Are our coaches recruiting talent and not stars? Well...yes? But historically that doesn’t matter. Your top teams consistently pull classes made primarily of 4 star players and then have some 5 and 3 star guys to round out the class.

Do 3 star players outperform their ranking? Sure, some, but if you’re relying on outliers to build a program around then you may be hoping for something that will never materialize.

Will we lose some of the 3 star guys before NSD? Yep. Will we lose some of the 4 star guys? Yep. Will we lose some of the 5 star guy(s)? Maybe.
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These star rankings crack me up.


-Everybody has a plan until he gets hit in the mouth. -
 
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#130
#130
SpaceCoastVol said:
Not completely ... you have to recruit guys that fit your system, that buy into that system, and your system has to be better than everybody else's. You can recruit a stable full of 5 stars, but if they don't fit with what you are trying to do you will still lose.
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I think you missed my joke.
 
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#133
SpaceCoastVol said:
Not completely ... you have to recruit guys that fit your system, that buy into that system, and your system has to be better than everybody else's. You can recruit a stable full of 5 stars, but if they don't fit with what you are trying to do you will still lose.
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You so missed the joke
 
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#139
ksgovols said:
Joined in 2018. Lot's of free time on your hands. I was running calcs on my 1982 HP11C with made up rankings in the Forrest Davis magazine when you were a glint in your daddy's eye.

Yeah, ok. It's better for the average of 7 to be greater than the total of 10. Everybody gets it. It's still April. Lot's can happen before December when it counts and historically, UT can put a damn good roster of 5 star busts out there. Stars are important. Moreso at the end than the beginning.
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None of what you said matters. My post isn't about the future was about now the present. The past and future doesn't belong in the convo. Idk why you are having a hard time with this. Yes I joined in 2018 who cares. You must make a lot of pointless posts
 
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#144
sjt18 said:
Definitely gives you a chance. The difference is between coaches that know talent and those who don't. I believe Jones averaged better than 3.5... but he didn't know or understand talent.
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That's correct. You still have to have competent coaching development, but if you don't have a strong foundation in place to work with in the first place then you have zero chance. You could give Nick Saban the Kentucky football team and he isn't winning a title with them.
 
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#146
The rating matter and at the same time don’t matter bc of how they are derived. A kid is rated by a recruiting services but that rating evolves into something else by end of cycle. Services adjust ratings dependent on certain team evaluations, offers and even commitments. You take the same kid if he commits to Tennessee, or Ohio State, or Clemson, or Bama. Same kid will be rated lower if he’s committed to Tennessee every time.

This is why ratings don’t matter as much. Sure we want to be beating the schools that are elite in recruiting but there will be some disparity in ratings until Tennessee starts to win more on the field.

As long as we’re beating out the Bama/Clemson of the world for talent, we’re recruiting at an elite level. Doesn’t matter if the class is ranked 10th or 5th bc the difference between those classes are pretty negligible. Tennessee starts winning on the field and sending kids to the league and you’ll see the same talent that might be considered 10-12th rated class become 5-7th rated class.
 
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#147
chrismc1000 said:
According to 247 we are ranked #5 (last night I checked). We have 9, 3STARS kids. I'm happy with the ranking but it could be better like Georgia's. We need to look at the average not the ranking.View attachment 274415
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You can’t judge a class a full year and a half before they get on campus. Most of these kids haven’t even been given a thorough evaluation yet. We don’t even know what next hsfb season will look like or even if it will be played. The only certainty is that some of these guys will be here and some won’t. I, for one, am impressed by the level at which this staff is recruiting states that are vitally important to building a solid roster.
 
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