Ethnicsands
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The recent commitments change my perspective a bit on ag's recruiting philosophy.
I viewed him as big on evaluations and willing to go his own way, certainly, and clearly looking for certain personal traits (work ethic, character). But I also thought he was operating strategically under the circumstances (threat of sanctions, decade of suckiness). I stopped short of thinking he was recruiting the way he would under different circumstances.
I now suspect that he's recruiting to his philosophy, and circumstances are less the driving force than I had thought. IMO AG's pursuing an interesting strategy. He's recruiting at Miami the way he did at Temple, and UVA, which is truly doing his own evaluations, just looking for kids he can mesh, who he sees upside in. This is what all mid major programs and lower tier BCS programs have to do. When done right, its why clearly less talented teams can play with clearly more talented teams. What's interesting to me is if he's good at it, he'll have the most talented version of that type of team you can expect to see -- picking those types of kids from Florida and sprinkling in some from elsewhere, and peppering in a few highly acclaimed kids because they want to be at UM.
If this is true, then even if he gets us back to winning, I think we should expect fewer nfl star type kids. We'll get some, but I think he's just looking for a different type of kid, and a different mix. And if he's not so good at it, well, we'll be mediocre for sure.
That said, separate point/question: curious to know what people predict for the kids ag's taken commitments from so far. I'm grouping them into four categories: a) out of nowhere; b) modestly recruited; c) solidly recruited and/or talented (high 3* to low 4*) and d) highly sought after. I'm measuring these standards at the time we took the commitment.
Out of nowhere: d. Jones, j. Carter, l. Hope, g. Terry, r. Southward, holifield, crow, Witt, o'donnell. Arguably the last three could move up a category.
Modestly recruited: Jenkins, hoilett, flowers, dortch, gadbois, burgess, v. Davis, Dillard, Moore, waters.
Solidly recruited: Kirby, leggett, m. Lewis, norrup, p. Dewey.
Highly assessed: d. Johnson, ajl, j. Hamilton. Arguably ajl and Hamilton go down a category here.
Are there kids in the lower two categories that people feel confident will become difference makers, or even starters? IMO, Jenkins, Hoilett, Flowers, Dortch, Gadbois and Waters have the best chances from that group.
I viewed him as big on evaluations and willing to go his own way, certainly, and clearly looking for certain personal traits (work ethic, character). But I also thought he was operating strategically under the circumstances (threat of sanctions, decade of suckiness). I stopped short of thinking he was recruiting the way he would under different circumstances.
I now suspect that he's recruiting to his philosophy, and circumstances are less the driving force than I had thought. IMO AG's pursuing an interesting strategy. He's recruiting at Miami the way he did at Temple, and UVA, which is truly doing his own evaluations, just looking for kids he can mesh, who he sees upside in. This is what all mid major programs and lower tier BCS programs have to do. When done right, its why clearly less talented teams can play with clearly more talented teams. What's interesting to me is if he's good at it, he'll have the most talented version of that type of team you can expect to see -- picking those types of kids from Florida and sprinkling in some from elsewhere, and peppering in a few highly acclaimed kids because they want to be at UM.
If this is true, then even if he gets us back to winning, I think we should expect fewer nfl star type kids. We'll get some, but I think he's just looking for a different type of kid, and a different mix. And if he's not so good at it, well, we'll be mediocre for sure.
That said, separate point/question: curious to know what people predict for the kids ag's taken commitments from so far. I'm grouping them into four categories: a) out of nowhere; b) modestly recruited; c) solidly recruited and/or talented (high 3* to low 4*) and d) highly sought after. I'm measuring these standards at the time we took the commitment.
Out of nowhere: d. Jones, j. Carter, l. Hope, g. Terry, r. Southward, holifield, crow, Witt, o'donnell. Arguably the last three could move up a category.
Modestly recruited: Jenkins, hoilett, flowers, dortch, gadbois, burgess, v. Davis, Dillard, Moore, waters.
Solidly recruited: Kirby, leggett, m. Lewis, norrup, p. Dewey.
Highly assessed: d. Johnson, ajl, j. Hamilton. Arguably ajl and Hamilton go down a category here.
Are there kids in the lower two categories that people feel confident will become difference makers, or even starters? IMO, Jenkins, Hoilett, Flowers, Dortch, Gadbois and Waters have the best chances from that group.