re: Mix of Blue Chips- SCrooster

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If I remember correctly its so you don't have so many kids get discouraged and become head cases over playing time and the work ethic a competition keeps the players progressing consistantly

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I can see that for sure. Look at Bama running backs. They've got 10 stud running backs, any of whom could start on most teams in the country. For Bama, though, you get to see who is the best of the best of those guys, play them, and let the rest transfer. So in that sense, it's a good thing for the program to have a bunch of 5 stars battling for playing time. But it also creates problems like Alvin Kamara who was a hot shite recruit out of GA that went to Bama, and now is getting processed in his freshman year, and allegedly telling other bama recruits "psst psst... don't come here, you won't be able to play".

There is also a prima donna factor, so many of these young athletes are big man on campus their whole lives, never waited in line, never had to work harder than anyone else, never had to study too hard, then suddenly they are thrown into an environment where everyone else is just as good or better than they are, and they can't deal with it as quickly. They fall out.

But from a recruiting standpoint, do you really say to yourself as a coach "We've already got two 5 star guys on the roster at DL, we don't need another" or do you continue trying to recruit the highest possible raw talent you can?

In which case, the yin and yang is the after-effect of processing?