re: So Chad Morris had the worst recruiting class in the history of Arkansas football

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You are going to have a heavy experienced laden year that might produce results, then a dropoff. Fans need to be prepared for that

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I'm curious to see what happens to Clemson after next year. Granted they're bringing in really talented kids, but they signed 31 kids or so over the past 2 seasons... I pointed it out myself on here before the class was in the books, but Bud Elliot just wrote about it in his 10 thoughts article... they have essentially given themselves zero wiggle room. They'll be able to take up to 30 in the next class, but unless they've had a ton of kids redshirt that are going to stick around for the long haul, they're going to hit attrition issues more than likely.

As unpleasant as it may be, coaches need to sign close to a minimum of 20 kids each year, even if it means some processing has to happen... at least that leaves no more than the number of spots that you can back-count into in any given year if you need to fill more than expected, and still averages out to 100+/5 years... accounting for normal attrition, this should be doable to stay at or around 85 scholarship players (that you want).

ETA: Fair exception in year one here for Morris for example, where you're on a short timeline to get kids... no reason to throw out offers to kids that you're pretty confident won't be able to contribute.