re: Recruiting Class Myth

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You are also not maximizing your recruiting classes if you pair 4 and 5 star receivers with a QB who can't throw accurately. That also minimizes the value of your blue chip running backs and o-line.

Sounds while you might have a 3rd ranked class, you really have to rank it around 10-15 because you are neutralizing some of your value.

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And it usually means that level of recruiting is not sustainable. No coach can sustain consistent top-5's without the production on the field.

Credit Les (and an excellent recruiting staff, past and present) for improving recruiting as production / key wins dropped off. However, if there's a lag it's about to get ugly assuming the press of now, end of last year, and that catches up with us.

And agreed with many here: the recruiting of OL and DL suffered for quite a while. It's improved, but it seems not enough to make up for some deficiencies on the staff.