re: How meaningful are STARS? Player evaluations

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) i said louisiana, not lsu. check out the last time louisiana didn't have a single five star athlete

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and I meant La, not LSU. La does not have a 5* every year. It happens all the time, if not every other year, 2 out of 5. 2010 La produced plenty of high level 4*'s that year. I thought 2008 was considered a lesser year, only 1 guy ranked in the top 100 and zero in the top 50. That's unusual.

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. didn't say all five stars are bust. some make it, some don't. i just don't look at the recuiting rankings as an exact science

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then why are you throwing out random examples of players that bust? You and the OP seem to be holding the rankings to an exact science even if you realize they are not, then you know that there will always be busts, always be teams that have highly ranked classes that have bad seasons ect.

I don't think anyone is saying the rankings are a gold standard. So what if Reid was a 4 and not a 5 star? At a 4 he was expect to be a very good player and that's what he is.

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i think they sign some five star flops for two reasons

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Right, they all have boards, where they rank guys and they will miss on some and hit on other. That's why you want to sign as many as you can, that way if Al Woods craps out it doesn't matter. That's why I think you should sign at least 1 QB in every class, even if you got a 5 star last year. If the 5 star pans out, the otehr kid can transfer if he doesn't get on the field, if he doesn't you have a fall back option.