Best Recruiting Service Poll

Which is the Best

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LouderVol

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I have seen a lot of discussion in various threads about this and figured I would make it an official poll.
 
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I voted 247 no composite. I understand why people might argue that the composite is the best, but how does looking at average rankings help if some sites aren't very good on evaluations in the first place. I haven't looked at scout in years, and I think that Rivals has dropped off as well. ESPN might be the second best nowadays. All of that is just an opinion, but it's why I'm subscribed to 247.
 
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Rivals / 247 both miss on their fair share of prospects and they also have a fair amount of head scratchers. All things considered, Rivals still has a good core of evaluators and some really good regional writers (Hubbs and P. Fort for example) that at least allows them to keep certain fan user bases over 247. 247 has the edge in terms of technology, user base, contract (CBS bought them out) and staff. ESPN is probably 3rd in terms of football evaluation, but I rarely trust them - they don't bring much to the table nor do they have any names that carry weight in the recruiting industry. Scout is completely hit or miss and really the only reason they've stayed afloat this long is because of a few regional basketball writers. Their football rankings aren't bad, but they aren't to be taken that seriously.

In terms of evaluation I consider 247 / Rivals almost equals, there isn't one that's clearly ahead of the other. 247 often evaluates prospects quicker than Rivals and they tend to update their rankings more as well, but in the end once the rankings are completed and you compare them to their counterpart, there isn't a ton of difference. They are all seeing the same camps, film, prospects, talking to the same coaches, trading the same info, etc. You get a clear sense of who is going to be a 4 star and a 5 star, especially once you see them up close. Only 247 gets a couple exclusives say at The Opening and at the All-American bowl, but even then evaluators and writers from other sites are there as well, soaking up the same information as everyone else.

1 247
2 Rivals
2 ESPN
3 Scout

The 247 Composite isn't a service. Its an algorithm created by 247. but we all know this...

I know everyone wants to believe 247 is leaps and bounds ahead of the competition in terms of evaluation, but in reality I don't think this is the case. They are maybe a little better than Rivals (in terms of football evaluation) but not by much.
 
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they're ok just for ****s and grins and friendly banter...they don't know what's gonna happen when these kids hit the field...heck, I've seen some on here with better powers of prognostication than the sites...:)

GO VOLS!
 
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The composite is crap. It just weakens the recruit's grade and it isn't even accurate in many many cases. 4* 4* 4* 3* becomes a 3* on the composite and doesn't truly reflect the recruit's ranking.

247 does a piss poor job of keeping it updated as well.

I can't believe so many people defer to that thing.
 
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How genius was the composite ranking though?

247 has 75% of the VN votes, simply because they created a composite ranking that includes their competitors rankings.
 
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Rivals has us with 9 guys ranked 4* or better. 247composite has us with 5 guys ranked 4* or better. Clearly, Rivals knows more about this class with the exception of Trey Smith which they have underrated.

247 thinks enough about their own rankings to hide them from us. You can't view their rankings unless you click each individual recruit apparently.

Also, 247 employs We$ and Travis Haney while Rivals employs Hubbs and Fort. Clearly Rivals is better at evaluating mod talent as well.
 
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BigZiti09 said:
Rivals has us with 9 guys ranked 4* or better. 247composite has us with 5 guys ranked 4* or better. Clearly, Rivals knows more about this class with the exception of Trey Smith which they have underrated.

247 thinks enough about their own rankings to hide them from us. You can't view their rankings unless you click each individual recruit apparently.

Also, 247 employs We$ and Travis Haney while Rivals employs Hubbs and Fort. Clearly Rivals is better at evaluating mod talent as well.
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Their not exactly hidden if you know exactly how and where to view them. Hubbs and Fort are great, but so are Callahan and Brice.
 
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Ethan Hooper said:
Their not exactly hidden if you know exactly how and where to view them. Hubbs and Fort are great, but so are Callahan and Brice.
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The comment about the mods was a joke. They don't have any say in the rankings of recruits.

I can't find a list of our commits with the 247 rankings. Only the composite. They used to have an option to toggle between the two but don't see it now.

If you could link it I'd love to see it. I know they have Butler as a 4* now but I don't want to take the time to look up each individual recruit to view their ranking.
 
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The problem with the composite lies within each individual recruiting service themselves. The star rankings for each site are not uniform, meaning a 5-star for 247 is not the same as a 5-star ranking from Rivals. This discrepancy in how the star rankings are generated by each individual service makes the 247 composite a bit deceptive overall.

However, 247 has probably the most straight forward star ranking system.
 
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BigZiti09 said:
Rivals has us with 9 guys ranked 4* or better. 247composite has us with 5 guys ranked 4* or better. Clearly, Rivals knows more about this class with the exception of Trey Smith which they have underrated.

247 thinks enough about their own rankings to hide them from us. You can't view their rankings unless you click each individual recruit apparently.

Also, 247 employs We$ and Travis Haney while Rivals employs Hubbs and Fort. Clearly Rivals is better at evaluating mod talent as well.
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They hide their rankings from us? Are you high?

this literally took one second to find in google

http://247sports.com/Season/2017-Football/RecruitRankings?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool

it's clear as day
 
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Volunteer_Kirby said:
They hide their rankings from us? Are you high?

this literally took one second to find in google

2017 Top Football Recruits

it's clear as day
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Dude I know how to find the 247 ranking. I'm not an idiot.

Maybe I wasn't clear. I don't want to take the time to look up each individual Tennessee commit to compare their ranking to the composite.

Now, if you can find a list of our commits with their current up to date 247 ranking thats what I'm looking for.
 
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