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Re: 25%

Postby sbsmith » Tue Feb 04, 2014 12:07 pm

Casey wrote:Another interesting fact I came across (as websites are doing their pre-Signing Day hype):

46 players in the Super Bowl were UNRANKED or 2 STARS coming out of high school ... keep working make your dream reality!

Now before anyone goes nuts and says I'm uninterested in offering top talent, that's not the case at all. But:

Players have different value in different systems. Go get players who fit your system and coach them.
Stars issued by a bunch of computer geeks mean nothing.
Whether they're local is irrelevant. Get the best players you can from anywhere and get them ready to play.



It's hilarious how this "stars mean nothing" bs always comes from fans of teams that can't get the elite players. The best coaches find ways to use elite talent, there's not a single elite recruit in the country that we couldn't use or that wouldn't fit better than any of our current players. Not surprising that a lot of players in the SB were 2 star or unranked since a small percentage of players in the entire country get ranked 3 stars or better.


Read the article below and say again with a straight face that stars mean nothing.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootbal ... l/21641769
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Re: 25%

Postby PonyKai » Tue Feb 04, 2014 3:46 pm

You would think following SMU football for 25+ years would pretty much disprove the whole garbage talent/offers/stars/local talent argument. Can't ask for a better example.
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Re: 25%

Postby blackoutpony » Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:02 pm

I wonder how Bama feels about the recruiting class ranking argument.... hmm....

2014 #1
2013 #1
2012 #1
2011 #1
2010 #5
2009 #1
2008 #1

Yeah, please tell me more about how rankings don't matter
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Re: 25%

Postby Stallion » Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:10 pm

and of course half their best players file for NFL Undergraduate Draft after a year or two. How good would they be if they stayed 4 years
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When momentum starts rolling downhill in recruiting-WATCH OUT.
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