Me either. Especially with a top 5* 2018 QB saying just yesterday we would benefit from not taking a QB this class. We really don't need one, especially a 3*. Not to disparege the kid, but we need to be a bit smarter than to take every 3* guy that wants to jump on the train.
Those teams haven't really won on the big stage. Their conference/weak schedule helped them. Oregon can be labeled gimmicky and couldn't win the big one against greater competition. Oklahoma may be an exception, but it's not like they didn't have great talent. Missouri took advantage of an extremely down East. The playoffs will do a great job of separating the weak abs the strong
Your post can also reflect great coaching. Butch may not be the man to get it done, even with the talent we have now. If he can't, we can't expect him to do more, with less coming in.
Stoops great coach. Pinkle great coach. Butch seems to be in a learning curve and yet to be determined. We'll know more after this season.
He was better than what I expected when I watched his film.
Have to see how looks against the big boys though. He does have accuracy and arm strength however.
It would be so interesting, just once, to see what is going on with the coaches and their thinking and strategy with recruiting juxtaposed to what we see/hear on volnation. I fear the two may be miles apart.
I keep seeing people bashing those that are critical of this recruitment, and using the 3* argument.
You guys do understand that's not the issue, right? It's not the fact that he's a 3* that's bothering everyone. We've taken wayyyy too many 3*s, but this backlash is coming from that fact that he's not even ranked in the top 1600 of high school football players.
Also, his offer list is awful. We are taking a kid who holds offers from no one except a bunch of no-name programs that couldn't hold UT's jock strap, and we're supposed to put this kid up against Alabama every year?
I hope I'm wrong, and I hope in 3 years this thread is bumped and all of us naysayers look stupid, but to be the best you have to beat the best. Bama could potentially start ELEVEN 5*s on defense alone this year. How can we beat them with this kind of recruiting?
There's a reason our direct competition didn't extend and offer to CJ Lewis. I want this kid to stun me and make me look stupid, but I'm sorry, I'm just not optimistic about it.
If you're interested, he hadn't been evaluated very well. After he committed, sites decided to take another look. He moved up 700 spots in the national rankings since.
After thinking about what I just said, even I'm surprised.
The kid moved up 700 spots
Makes you wonder how much attention you should pay to recruiting sites once you get out of the top 150 or so.
They obviously don't have time to watch every one of those guys.