@ChrisDokish - Sep 11
Avg. Rivals recruiting ranking last 3 years
No. 16 Mississippi St 28.7
No. 15 TCU 29.7
No. 13 Virginia Tech 33.0
PITT 34.3
No. 6 Wisconsin 36.7
No. 24 Oklahoma St 38.7
No. 14 West Virginia 40.7
No. 17 Boise St 58.7
No. 18 UCF 59.0
This is a tired subject. Yes, the more high profile players you have, the better chance for high success...However, if you are recruiting the right players AND developing them, you can still win.
Are you telling me that App St has more pure talented players than Pitt???
I think the real problem is development... look at some of the high profile players that we have brought in that are on the bench or struggling.
These players have had little to no impact.
Hamlin - 4 Stars
Pugh - 4 Stars - transferred
Flowers - 4 Stars - transferred
Hendrix - 4 Stars
McKee - 4 Stars
Davis - 4 Stars
Drake - 4 Stars
Warren - 4 Stars
Ford - 5 Stars
Pine - 4 Stars
Reeves - 4 Stars - transferred
Sibley - 4 Stars - Injured
Then there are highly talented players that are still sitting on the bench, transferred or contribute very little:
Coleman - DB
Smith - WR
Butler - WR
Wheeler - DT
Miller - transferred
Garner- DB
These guys have been good, but not special yet...
Camp - 4 Stars
Watts - 4 Stars
Then there are s few players that have played better than expected based on their profile:
Wirginis - 2 Stars - Chryst recruit.
Weaver - low 3 Stars
Pinnock - low 3 stars
Idowu - 2 Stars - Chryst recruit
Jones - 2 Stars
Also, the recruiting is erratic....We do well in recruiting certain positions, but terrible at others...we have done well at DT, RB, and DB. We have done average or below average on every other position...
As someone pointed out this week a lot of the Chryst recruits are still starting...
Bottom line is that there is enough talent to compete for the division title. The recruiting talent needs to be spread out over the entire positions.