re: Looks like Mullen to UF

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So right now on their 85 man scholly roster they have only 17 4* or better players at Miss St.

Got it.

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And UF is at roughly 30 maybe? That's before accounting for the guys they may lose to the credit card fraud stuff...

As I said elsewhere, it's not that he's a "bad hire"... it's just that the premise that he does so much with 2-3* athletes is very overblown. As the other poster stated, he's got 4/5* athletes at every level on the defense... his offensive schtick is to go a little contrarian and grab diamonds in the rough primarily... he'll have a talent increase at UF most likely, but not in the orders of magnitude level that many seem to be envisioning... his avg athlete caliber (based on recruiting rankings which are of course not always accurate but a good measure) will rise from an 86 to maybe an 88-89...

Meanwhile his 3 primary rivals: FSU (65% blue chip), UGA (63% blue chip, rising this year), and LSU (65% blue chip)... are all schools that have been consistently recruiting well for a while now... As I said over on the SECr, it's still highly probable that he averages about 8-9 wins in the regular season unless he has a significant improvement in recruit quality or at a minimum lands a several of "the right ones" to string together some early major success.

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And UF is at roughly 30 maybe?

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So at roughly double?


Got it.

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So at roughly double?


Got it.

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See what you want to see deerpig...

Without accounting for early draft attrition (or departures due to new coaching staff), I did a quick check and saw about 7-8 guys that will be gone after this year just due to no more eligibility (unless Harris pursues a med-red). Their class at present has 8 4*s committed, so they're not upping their ratio significantly at present... will be interesting to see how their recruiting class shakes out this year...

Another feather in the cap of this argument is it looks like Mullen will be bringing Grantham with him to UF...

He did walk into a bad situation.

More importantly, I think Georgia is turning into one of the best situations in the country. Let Mullen recruit and do his thing. I really think we are on a trajectory that won't be derailed by any hire our rivals make.