Talk about timing. Heres a guy (John Madden voice) who wasnt even being recruited at a high level, got a big time offer right before final rankings came out, and rocketed up to be highly rated right before signing. So we all get independent verification from the media that this guy is good enough to be a major addition to the team.
Imagine if the final rankings happened before Young blew up with big time offers. This thread would be littered with naysayers predicting doom on the program as a whole. Why is this guy a take?! Five star hearts. This is a Dooley recruit. I can hear that and more. But it never happened, and months of wasted anguish and bickering was spared.
All about timing. And more importantly, it teaches a lesson to not put all of the hope or lack thereof in our program in recruiting rankings. Its a guide, but not a perfect one.