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under Tubs I remember they recruited okay, like in the top 10-20 range. but all of a sudden they're landing blue chips as if they're Texas/USC or something. last year they even beat out Bama. this year they're killing it again and they'll finish strong, possibly in the top 3.
so after hiring a 5-19 coach they became an elite tier football program all of a sudden? am I missing something here? why are these recruits dying to play for Chizik?

Tuberville felt it better to focus energy on players that he had a better than 50% chance of landing. He was very aggressive as a recruiter the entire time at Auburn but his early classes were loaded with talent. JC, Carnell, Brown, not to mention several receivers corner backs and on and on.

Tubs didn't go after "elite" talent as often as I mentioned he wanted to spend time with guys he had a very good chance of landing. Tuberville when after what I called B+ players instead of trying to go after some major talent and then fall back on a standard B or C guy. Also Tubs HATED recruiting agencies, that is putting it nicely. Tubs felt he was a better evaluator of talent than the agencies so he never focused on getting the 5 stars as he felt some were not 5 star talent.

The new staff has put a lot of focus and energy into this top recruits. It means more misses in that a lot of energy will be spent on players we don't get but it will also mean more home runs as well. Also it helps when you have Gus as a very hot name plus a very flashy offense that gets a lot of people the ball to showcase their skills.