brettden
Well-Known Member
I expect some on here are more dialed in and have more experience with player evaluation than most of us on this board (and certainly more than I have). While I understand that recruiting is an uncertain science at best, it does seem that better recruiting classes tend to produce more successful and talented teams. I did a brief look at the Missouri class compared to our class on rivals. They are #32 (and it looks to me at the fringe of the second demarcation line - maybe too artificial but line 1 around 12/15 and line 2 at about 30/33ish) and we are #44. They have fourteen players rated 5.6 or above and we have seven. They have one player rated 5.4 and we have five. They are 170 points ahead of us (GA is 1,500 ahead, nice). Maybe this has already been discussed on the coke and hookers page, but if anyone is willing to share their insight here I'd love to hear it.
My question is did we get good talent here, or are we shading the truth to fit our own narrative? On its face it looks like Missouri is a clear step above in the talent they just brought in. I feel like we are a bit short here, and there may be some fallout in say 2020 is several of the long shot type guys (basically the 5.4 guys) don't pan out. Another couple 5.7 or 5.8 guys added to what we got would make me feel confident we have a top 25 class, regardless of what the rankings say. Answering my own question I think the two keys each year are having some high end guys at the top, and having volume. Our 2015 and 2016 classes of 18 signees each I think did a lot of damage in 2017 and 2018. This year every top 10 rated class has 24-27 signees.
My question is did we get good talent here, or are we shading the truth to fit our own narrative? On its face it looks like Missouri is a clear step above in the talent they just brought in. I feel like we are a bit short here, and there may be some fallout in say 2020 is several of the long shot type guys (basically the 5.4 guys) don't pan out. Another couple 5.7 or 5.8 guys added to what we got would make me feel confident we have a top 25 class, regardless of what the rankings say. Answering my own question I think the two keys each year are having some high end guys at the top, and having volume. Our 2015 and 2016 classes of 18 signees each I think did a lot of damage in 2017 and 2018. This year every top 10 rated class has 24-27 signees.