jerzeycane
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That's not the important question. You can't look at recruiting in a vacuum like that.
"What do we need to be a National Championship contender?"
"Are we sufficiently satisfying our needs?"
These are the questions that should be asked. You're looking at recruiting like..."Player A is the best player in south florida and if we don't get him, we can not compete for National Championships"
See how ridiculous that sounds? You do everything in your power to recruit the kid and yes it stings a bit if you don't get him, but to view Dalvin Cook or Johnnie Dixon as essential components to a National Championship team is to ignore the rest of the roster and the hoards of talent that is being brought to Coral Gables. We're loading up on the offensive line. We're loading up in the defensive backfield. We're loading up in the defensive line. We're more than fine at the Wide Receiver position and in mid-January, we're going to have two 5 star running backs, who hail from South Florida, lining up in the backfield.
Don't get caught up in the hype of singular recruitments.
Big Picture my boy.
You win with elite players, difference makers. You don't only recruit out of need, you recruit because you're greedy. Bama brought in like four 4-star RBs last year and they still went after Fournette this year. Not because of need, but because you stack talent no matter what. You never know when injuries will happen. Look what happened to our WR core this year. We had a super deep core heading into the year and by the end of the year it was a MASH unit.
I like my chances of winning a national championship more with Cook and Dixon on my team than without them.
Alabama did all that and they STILL lose at least once every year.
Florida State's starting Running Back is a 3 star running back
Florida State has NO 5 star talent in their receiving core
Florida State has NO 5 star talent along their offensive line
Dalvin Cook and Johnnie Dixon won't be the difference between a National Championship and a 2-3 loss season. Relax.