It's quite similar to Butch's 2015 haul with a better avg. star rating right now.

I made the comparison because Butch was absolute shite as a head coach in his first season, much like Kirby was this annum, and VOLS were blinded by that due to recruiting rankings, similar to Georgia fans otb. At least the bulldyke had the excuse of a shitty roster to fall back on during the first two years. IIRC, Lyle did not inherit the 6th most talented team in the country per 247 from Dooley.

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Posted by Porter Osborne Jr

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Posted on 12/29/16 at 12:09 pm to David Ricky

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t's quite similar to Butch's 2015 haul with a better avg. star rating right now.

Eh... we already have a better class with 10 fewer recruits.

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Posted by WG_Dawg

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Posted on 12/29/16 at 12:16 pm to David Ricky

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quite similar to Butch's 2015 haul with a better avg. star rating right now.

First, as mentioned..that wasn't butch's first full cycle so it's not really apples to apples.

Second, '15 yall ended up with one 5* and and 15 4*...we currently have more 5* and same amount of 4* (with likely more to come) with 10 less players and a month still to go.

And not sure whre you got the info on avg star rating but it's not even close. Butch's in 15 avg star rating was 89.4, while Kirby's current class is 93.5. That's a pretty massive difference.

The bottom line fact is that it's been YEARS upon years since UT has ever inked a class as highly touted as the one kirby is about to sign in his first full year coming off a 7-5 season.

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