Asmodeanreborn wrote:McPeachy wrote:BeaverPoke wrote:ProudWYOAlum wrote: I used to follow recruiting pretty hard back in college, since then I've realized what a crap shoot it is.
I've tried to explain this to people but my friends still get a hard on for every 18 year old that "is supposed to be" the real deal.
So true...seems more and more, athletes without the stars are over performing, and athletes with the stars are underperforming.
Probably a product of the "instant gratification for nothing" generation.
I read an interesting summary the other day of 5 star wide receivers from the 2010-12 recruiting classes. Apparently over half of them got into trouble with the law or plain quit/were kicked off their teams.
I mean, it's a pretty short list of players, so it may not be statistically significant, but still.
Oh I think it's significant.
Yes there are very few 5 star athletes but the ones that are 5 star are typically 16, or 17 year old kids already capable of starting anywhere in the SEC, Pac12, and Big12, and hell, likely physically talented enough to make an NFL (applies to NBA for basketball 5 star athletes as well).
These kids, by the time they get to their new home whether it be Oregon, USC, Texas, Alabama, Florida, Ohio State, Michigan, Florida State, or Oklahoma we know they aren't going to Wyoming, UNLV, Utah State, Toledo, Akron, or even more respected teams like Boise State, Oregon State, or Kansas State. They are 16 or 17 with literally entire conferences like the SEC or Pac12 offering.
I saw a thing from a 4 star kid in Salt Lake that had literally, half of the Pac12 and literally half of the SEC along with BYU who had offered him. That was just the 4 star.
These kids have gotten what they wanted their entire lives. They have the egos of Kobe Bryant Terrell Owens combined. When they went on recruiting trips, the SEC teams throw beautiful girls at them, money, clothes, and whatever else at them.
They get to campus thinking they are the man, then all of a sudden the 4 star athlete who had the work ethic is caught up to him within a month. They realize they are not the main thing anymore. They get benched, or they get hit by someone bigger and badder than them, or whatever. Something happens to their egos to bring them down a little bit. A lot of these kids have become punks, (maybe that's part of my poop generation), and when little whiny bitches don't get what they want, they do dumb stuff.
I think 5 star recruits would almost be a risk to the program ya know? Like, how many more games is the 5 star recruit going to win you throughout his 3 year career compared to a 4 star?
If I was a big program I would hope I could rely on 3 and 4 star kids, with unranked in-state kids.
If you ever need to laugh, just remember there was some idiot who wanted Bohl fired after 2 seasons.
