Are Top Ten Classes Enough?

#26
#26
Recruiting rankings are just a way for CLK and CEO to keep score. Player recruitment and development to the system they are playing in are equally vital to level of player. They are all important and I believe this staff recruits and develops talent very well.
 
#28
#28
well VT never has a top 15 class but they beat our ass...in 2007 we had the nuber 3 class and they where not in the top 25....so dont put all your eggs in class rankings...
 
#29
#29
If you have Top 10 classes every year, YES it will be enough.

The problem with the previous staff is they would have one great Top 3 class and then go back to back classes after that with terrible classes.
 
#30
#30
Top 10 classes are good, Top 5 classes are great and 1st-3rd ranked classes are outstanding. But none of these rankings matter if the players are not well-coached. Simple as that.
 
#32
#32
Recruiting rankings correlate to regular season success. But it's not a 1:1 ratio. Coaching them up is critical.

But having a #1 ranked class is a big help. BIG help.
 
#33
#33
Nebraska won three title in four years in the 1990s while averaging less than top ten classes.

Apart from their accomplishments every other champ needed top five classes included in their team.

Top classes don't always stay at the top. Grades such as why John Brown had to leave UF change a class. As you are painfully aware so do legal problems. FSU had a string of top classes that emptied quickly for several years in a row. Lots of 5*s and close to 5s that never played a down.

UScw had the number one ranking with UF on behind. But very few of the top players contributed. Many for the reasons stated but some also got injuried. Turns out the final version of that team wasn't even a top ten.
 
#37
#37
Cartervol said:
Agreed. Not much difference between top 10 classes except a stand out player or two.
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I pretty much agree with that. But I do think if that standout player turns out to be a Percy Harvin, Matt Barkley, Julio Jones type guy. Then even with good coaching that could be the difference in an S.E.C. Championship and runner up.
 
#38
#38
I have noticed that most of the successfull programs have about 50% of their players being 4 or 5 star players, and most of the rest 3 stars. Alot of teams that drop below that seem to not be legit contenders year in and year out. A 4 or 5 star player has more POTNETIAL or UPSIDE than a lower ranked player. Teams that have alot of 2 stars or nearly no 4 and 5 star players always struggle. See Vandy, Miss State, and Kentucky.

As for Boise, it is easy for a weak team in a weak conference to get up for a big team once or twice a year. If they have to do it week in and week out they will start getting beat. Boise has great coaches, no doubt, but throw all those 2 star players into a legit conference and they would get swallowed up quickly because of lack of tallent.
 
#39
#39
Consistently in the top 10 with good player development, game prep and in game coaching will be enough to put us in the mix. UF is probably at the top crest of their wave with questions about Myer and UM and SFU coming back and UGA and LSU seem to be drifting. There's an opening for UT to climb back into the elite of SEC and Kiffin's staff is doing what it takes to make that happen.

They first had to repair the damage to the program that Fulmer left (not hating on Fulmer, just happens to be the sad truth) then start building on that work. 2009 was the repair year, 2010 is the first step on the building track with 2011 to be even stronger.
 
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