re: Recruiting Class Myth

The key to recruiting is properly evaluating talent.
LSU does a far better than average job in this, based on the large amount of players that make it to the NFL. On the flip side, the NFL is full of 3 star and below players. The best coaches are the ones that can see those guys that are going to be the late bloomers. Our fans don't seem to understand this and go crazy when we get a commitment from a 3 star and miss on someone higher rank, that we really didn't seem to recruit very hard.

This was the downfall of Mack Brown. He just offered all the 4 and 5 stars in TX and had shut down recruiting before the season had started. He ended up with a roster full of players for TX who had already maxed out physically. A few years ago they had no players drafted when their signing classed 3, 4 and 5 years before were all top 5.