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re: 5-Stars Overrated?
Posted on 12/20/19 at 8:50 am to VagueMessage
Posted on 12/20/19 at 8:50 am to VagueMessage
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If all of your glaring and debilitating weaknesses are on the paper thin offensive line, but you don't really address those needs and add a 5* WR, a 4* QB, and three 4* RBs, your class will probably look good on paper, but that weakness is going to grow to be something you can't overcome the next year, and the G5 teams on your schedule are going to hang around until the fourth quarter.
I want to say that something like that hit someone, maybe Tennessee? It was not too long ago, a school had a great haul at the skill positions but didn't do nearly as well because they were thin in the trenches.
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Posted on 12/20/19 at 8:54 am to skrayper
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I want to say that something like that hit someone, maybe Tennessee? It was not too long ago, a school had a great haul at the skill positions but didn't do nearly as well because they were thin in the trenches.
I distinctly remember Butch Jones signing like 30+ people in at least one class. That will inflate a class disproportionately just from a numbers standpoint. Bobby Petrino got us a class ranked #16 on Rivals once, but he had to sign like 32 people to get it.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 6:56 pm to skrayper
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I want to say that something like that hit someone, maybe Tennessee? It was not too long ago, a school had a great haul at the skill positions but didn't do nearly as well because they were thin in the trenches.
There's no doubt that BJs classes were better on paper than they were on the field. Though, I think the reason for that was two-fold:first, it seemed like BJ was more concerned with how many stars a player had/recruiting rankings than he was with roster management, filling needs, etc. Second, it doesn't matter how many blue chip recruits you sign if you don't develop them, coach them up, scheme correctly, or put them in the best opportunity to succeed.
The latter of those two large issues was BJs biggest problem, imo. I don't think BJ did a great job of filling needs/looking at fit re: needs, character, leadership, etc, but more importantly, there seemed to be almost no player development whatsoever. That, imo, was BJs biggest flaw.
Further, without Dobbs, who really probably never got quite the respect he deserved, BJ probably gets canned after 2 or 3 years max on the job.
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