here's the thing though....
if we continue to recruit at a 91+ pace, and stack classes like that, then at some point in time you're going to have a roster that's talented, and developed, mixed in with portal pieces to fill holes. and those teams will compete with the top of the league. i don't see us going on some type of bama/UGA type run obviously but i'm not sure i necessarily need that as a fan.
all i need is to not lose every single time we line up across from teams like that....and be relevant to those conf/national discussions for as long as you can in any given season.
you do that enough, and with a 12 team playoff, we may screw around and win something.
long story short, we're not going to all the sudden just out recruit those schools and even if we do, what's that actually net out at? getting us even with programs that have been stringing together top 3 classes for years?
anyway. out talent i think is worn out phrase these days. recruiting is so much different now...classes that rated out in the 270's and 280's used to be sure fire top 5 type classes if not top 2.
now you have schools regularly getting 290-300+ is crazy. then add the portal.............
it's just so much different now, there's more than one way to do it nowadays, and for those of us that probalby aren't going to consistently get top 3 classes every year, i think you can do it with a good mix of what we're doing at the prep level, and purposeful portal decisions, both in and out. Roster Management is the key today, not ONLY what you do on NSD.
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