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Post by smith79jordan on Dec 31, 2023 10:04:56 GMT -6
Take a look at the 2023 signing class grades and you'll see Sammy, FIU and LaTech at the top. Take a look at the conference standings and those three teams are at the bottom. Those rankings don't matter, at least not to the extent that we need to jump headfirst into the portal. Coaching, developing and system matter. In those areas, we're top three in the conference. But isn't that looking at immediate on field results from recruits? I get the portal effect, but to compare HS recruits to a roster of transfers is not the same. To that point, I say look at how many guys schools like UMass and Campbell pulled from the portal, then look at their records. Again, I stress, coaching, developing and system matter most.
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Post by Whup Em All on Jan 2, 2024 12:10:58 GMT -6
But isn't that looking at immediate on field results from recruits? I get the portal effect, but to compare HS recruits to a roster of transfers is not the same. To that point, I say look at how many guys schools like UMass and Campbell pulled from the portal, then look at their records. Again, I stress, coaching, developing and system matter most. My feelings exactly. It's not that I'm expecting the highly ranked multi-star high school recruits to have an immediate impact. It's that when you look at these recruiting class rankings, going way back, even to our years in the OVC, at the FCS and G5 level, the teams at the top of the class rankings are seldom the teams winning championships 3-4 years later. For teams like Bama and UGA going after the 4- and 5-star recruits, there's rarely an instance where a player was overlooked by the recruiting services. The guys these teams go after are near-guaranteed impact players. (There are exceptions, but they're just that: exceptions.) Everyone and his grandma have put eyes on these players' height, weight, speed, burst, agility, instincts, intangibles... NSD class rankings make a difference at this level. The more 5-star players you have, the better your team *should* be. There's a direct correlation. Once you step down to 3-star, 2-star, and NR players, all bets are off. No one knows how good these guys are (or aren't) until they've gotten a chance to compete against other collegiate athletes. And while the Portal has helped give some of these guys a shot at the big time, there are dozens (if not hundreds) of other players out there who have the talent to start for the Gamecocks, but who'll never get a college offer. Those guys aren't in the Portal. They're not on a college roster anywhere. They just disappear into the military or work force, never to be seen or heard from (as athletes) again. If a team develops a solid system to identify and sign these players out of high school, they don't get ANY credit for it from the recruiting services. You could sign 20 future starters, but if they're all ranked "NR" then the signing class will be rated a failure.
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