Re: I agree with big John over on..
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the YellowJacket Sports Page site..This class already is AS good as any of the past Coach...And IF we get 1 of the 3 it will be a VERY good class...2 out of the 3 and it will be an Outstanding class and if we get 3 out of the 3..It would rank as our BEST class possibly ever...Of course it is all based on paper..This class as ALL classes will utimately be judged after a 4 year period....By the way did anyone read the recruiting Article on UT posted over on the hive?..How their Highly rated classes really did NOT do better than their not so highly rated classes..AGAIN...It is all a crap shoot..I still love the not so highly rated classes of Bobby Ross...All they did was win a National Championship...On paper this could be a very very good class!!!!
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Another Shameless plug? Do you make this stuff up as you go along? Our best class ever???!!! The not so highly ranked classes of Bobby Ross???? Bobby Ross had some very highly ranked classes. Hell, he signed the USA Today player of the year in Donnie Davis, who was a higher rated QB than Shuler and Zeier. Even before that his recruits had some serious accolades. If you kept any of your old media guides you could look for yourself.
And I got to disagree with Big John, even though I respect the hell out of him. Even with the 3 guys on the board we didn't address our LB needs, we barely addressed our OL needs (we need lineman who can help right away and it is unlikely that these kids can, even though they may turn out to be the best ever on the flats), and only if all 3 remaining targets sign with Tech will we fill our alloted amount of schollies. If none of these kids sign with us then not only did we not sign 3 kids to a scholarship that we could have, we didn't address our DL or LB needs.
As we know the ranking system isn't always that, but it is all we have. The Insiders has 10 of our current 23 commits as not ranked. Rivals has 21 of 23 commits as not ranked. This is our best class ever? According to them, last years class was better than this one and that's even if we manage to sign the last 3 kids. I'm not trying to be negative, but you are putting quite a spin on this recruiting class which smells a bit like BS if you ask me, and you have yet to tell us where you learned your expertise in recruiting.
For someone who has such a strong opinion on all of our recruits, UGA's recruits, UT's recruits, All Americans, and recruiting in general, I would think we would know your qualifications by now. Have you had the chance to see ANY of our recruits live? Any on tape? If so, who? Have you had the chance to compare them to other teams recruits? Seriously? IF you're going to make these bogus statements all the time, you better be able to back it up.
Again, I'm no expert, but I'm not stupid enough to totally dismiss the recruiting sites that are out there. I trust Chan's ability to find talent even if that talent isn't as recognized as others. So in that regard I like this recruiting class. Outside of that, unless we sign these 3 guys still on the board, we don't have a top 25 recruiting class and there isn't one publication out there that will rank us in the top 25 if these 3 kids don't sign with us. Sure, they don't give trophies away for recruiting, so it really doesn't concern me. BUT, don't go saying we have "one of the best classes ever" when that is quote clearly not true. If we happen to land the 3 guys on the board, we might have one of our best (as in top 10 ever) recruiting classes. But again, we won't know for another 4 years will we?