skurtn wrote:Dwan wrote:It is funny how people love the star system of recruiting.
I hear a lot of look, we have a former 5 Star and two former 4 Stars so that shows we are improving our talent....but also, we have guys who were two stars who go on to be all conference and NFL players so who cares about the star system.
The reality is, Gilbert and Love were overrated out of high school and Reed and Beasley were underrated in high school.
We are going to go nowhere signing players who were overrated in high school much as we will go nowhere only looking for players who are underrated.
+1
That is why we look more at offers. Also coaching and the system they are playing in has alot to do with whether a player that is highly rated succeeds. Reed and Beasley would not have seen the field at their positions at LSU or OU. I guess we should turn down Snead since he is highly rated. Gilbert and Lowe are generally an exception to the rule. Constantly going for underrated players hoping to develop them will leave SMU lacking in depth. Even I believe we need to step up our recruiting to be successful in the Big East.
