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Putting Recruiting Rankings in Perspective

JimiGerman

JimiGerman

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I'll make this brief, it is my belief that recruiting rankings DO mean something.

Looking back at the FSU team that just won a National Championship and analyzing how that team was built can really help give Canes fans some perspective when considering the recruiting rankings battle.

Rivals Recruiting Rankings:

FSU
2010: #10
2011: #2
2012: #6
2013: #10

Miami
2010: #16
2011: #36
2012: #9
2013: #20

So what does this mean? It means that this team is a couple really elite recruiting classes away from competing for meaningful post-season titles. I consider this year's class to be the foundation class that FSU brought in during the 2010 cycle. If Al is unable to land elite classes in the 2015 cycle, then I will start to panic. But for now, I think he has performed admirably given that he had 1/2 of his team from #36th and #20th ranked recruiting classes during an NCAA scandal no-less. I don't think Al deserves any excuses going forward so let's welcome this next class and hope, HOPE, that they are the start of something special.
 
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You need a good head coach and assistants.

Hate to say it but FSU isn't at the top because of Winston. (they lose what? 1 game without winston?) Fisher hires a good staff. He lost like all of his assistants and 11 draft picks and turns around to hire a staff just as good.

Meanwhile Al is keeping No D and hires FSU's TE coach/recruiter to be our QB coach & OC. (and people wonder why our offense and Morris regressed)
 
I don't agree. I am not debating whether stars are important, I am just saying their is a bigger issue than the quality of the talent (ACCORDING TO RIVALS). Using rivals, look at this...

2010: 3rd
2011: 3rd
2012: 2nd

Avg. Rank was 2.67

Between 2010-12, this program was doing some of the best work in the country (ACCORDING TO RIVALS). But something likely was missing. There probably is a bigger issue than the quality of the players (ACCORDING TO RIVALS) coming into the program.
 
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we competed with fsu for the first half not having the same talent as fsu definetly not on the d line safety and linebacker or qb, we overachieved from where we are as a program but also look at duke they overachieve as well with less talent and our front 7 just gave up that game except dp
 
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