You can go over whatever you want to go over. Have your argument with 247 since that's their page- not mine.
Even as a 4* that refutes BOT's whole narrative. He routinely ignores 3* or less guys who dramatically outperform their rankings. Any time highly rated players are successful he slobbers out some claim that stars mean everything... but when they underperform which a lot of them do... he dismisses it like you are or ignores it completely.
Stars mean "something". They don't mean everything. Based on draft numbers, for every 5* level talent the recruiting sites give 5* they miss at least two guys at 3* or below. The 4* ratings are even muddier. Roughly 20% will be drafted and a disproportionate number will never become contributors even at the college level.
He acts as if I've said they have no value at all or are always inaccurate. I haven't. In fact, I have regularly said that a composite like 247 does is very useful. Coaches who know talent will average out in that list. They'll even do better with their 3* recruits. For instance, McCoy has never played like a 5* player anywhere. However UT's 247 average does seem to put them in the top 20 most talented programs in CFB... and reality on the field has born that out.
I've simply pointed out they are FAR from perfect... and that perfection isn't even the goal. The goal is to make money off fans hungry to know about their team's recruiting. BOT for whatever reason disagrees or simply does not have the ability to understand.
PS- this isn't some new thing for us. Any time the scenario plays out and teams with "stars" do well... he calls me out. Again, as if I don't recognize somehow that those teams are talented and that the recruiting sites recognized it. The problem is that they don't find ALL players of equal caliber and they routinely overrate players. He also seems to think those "evaluators" look across the country and independently evaluate every good/great player. They don't. They depend HEAVILY on following certain recruiters and programs. A kid Saban pursued was going to be viewed higher than some kid from the backwaters of Idaho who got no national attention but might be a 5* talent.
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