ACC Network Recruiting Rankings

[BVille44]

Ouch

 

[bigmike]

Coach ‘em up!

 

[OburgOrange]

So Syracuse with no class

 

[bigmike]

So Syracuse with no class

Or they’re saying we’re low class, but they will be proven wrong!

 

[OrangeXtreme]

So Syracuse with no class

 

[tep624]

This is based on HS recruits I'm sure so can't argue with it.

 

[Nick44]

I mean we can sugar coat it as much as we want but the numbers to an extent don’t lie. Recruiting is not an exact science but if we’re landing 4-5 star players, Dino would be praising these rankings to the moon.

Either Syracuse is continually the least desirable destination for of any school on this list or the coaching staff has done the worst of any other staff in the ACC. smh.

 

[Cuse181]

I mean we can sugar coat it as much as we want but the numbers to an extent don’t lie. Recruiting is not an exact science but if we’re landing 4-5 star players, Dino would be praising these rankings to the moon.

Either Syracuse is continually the least desirable destination for of any school on this list or the coaching staff has done the worst of any other staff in the ACC. smh.

It’s been 4 coaches in a row… what has been constant throughout all of that

 

[Nick44]

It’s been 4 coaches in a row… what has been constant throughout all of that

This staff has more resources, a recently renovated stadium and a better conference than the last 4 staffs. Nothing has changed.

 

[Cuse'91]

This is one of the reasons I'm upset at the "good enough" philosophy when it comes to athletic facilities. Dorms, lockers, weight rooms, practice fields, stadium/arena have to be better than the ACC average for us to even consider ourselves competing on equal footing with our conference brethren.

 

[Cuse181]

This staff has more resources, a recently renovated stadium and a better conference than the last 4 staffs. Nothing has changed.

Syracuse is hardly the only school that has made improvements in facilities

 

[hoopsupstate]

Looking at each of the schools. Almost every school in the conference had at least one top 300 player. SU does not. I’m not sure if Dino has eve4 had a top 300 player. Devito might have been.

 

[CbusCuse]

Keep in mind this graphic is based on ESPN rankings of high school recruits only. ESPN rankings are worthless. Don’t let yourself get to worked up over this one.

 

[SUfanNC]

I would think this helps a certain narrative. Kids that feel they are under the radar, we should be able to say we developed. We found what other schools couldn’t. We have been selected as X ranked school in the ACC and still we are working our way up. You are the next step in building that!

 

[CuseLegacy]

Keep in mind this graphic is based on ESPN rankings of high school recruits only. ESPN rankings are worthless. Don’t let yourself get to worked up over this one.

The portal has totally changed recruiting. You can't rank a class based solely on HS recruits.

 

[PhatOrange]

It only takes a couple of four-star kids to bump us up in front of Duke or even Wake. So maybe Fisher can real a couple in from Florida.

The majority of our class could stay the same if you added a couple of four-star kids that’s all it takes to boost the overall rating.

 

[CbusCuse]

While ESPN rankings are pretty bogus the overall tone of the thread is somewhat correct in that our recruiting for this class isn't all that great. The other sites have us pretty much in the same spot.

But for an Example:
247 has Syracuse has class as #72 with 22 commits and an average recruit rating of 85.10
247 has K-State has class as #38 with 30 commits and an average recruit rating of 86.85.

Class size certainly matters with these rankings. There is not a very significant difference between teams out of the top 40 and us really. The highest rated recruits we get are late in the cycle when other teams have also shown interest first before they commit to us. If Syracuse convinces a recruit to commit to us early before they really get too deep in the recruiting scene looking for other offers from the big kids, those player ranking evaluations don't get any benefit of the doubt as we are Syracuse. They don't look in depth into this kids skills. Now if that kid delays his commitment and bigger fish offer they may relook at his tape and adjust it or just bump the kid a bit because, hey this higher profile team recruits better kids.

So while the ranking mean something it isn't quite so black and white to me. There a 2 or 3 kids I'm not a big fan of but for the most part we got some kids that can help. I think one of the bigger tasks than just getting kids to sign initially is developing these kids, making them feel happy with their current situation and retaining them. We seem to have a good team environment and that helps a lot.

 

[TheCusian]

I mean we can sugar coat it as much as we want but the numbers to an extent don’t lie. Recruiting is not an exact science but if we’re landing 4-5 star players, Dino would be praising these rankings to the moon.

Either Syracuse is continually the least desirable destination for of any school on this list or the coaching staff has done the worst of any other staff in the ACC. smh.

Lol. It’s the first option.

 

[Orangefan1]

Disingenuous to say the least and I’m not going and screaming we have to have a top twenty class which I would like but this reminds me of Danny Kanells recent complaint about us getting Moore. The ACC hasn’t been good to us since we got there, that’s my feeling.

 

[SU91]

Disingenuous to say the least and I’m not going and screaming we have to have a top twenty class which I would like but this reminds me of Danny Kanells recent complaint about us getting Moore. The ACC hasn’t been good to us since we got there, that’s my feeling.

What did Kanell say about who?

 

[AngryOtto]

Personally I would rather take portal players. We get high school players coach them up and they get lured away with NIL.

 

[PhatOrange]

Personally I would rather take portal players. We get high school players coach them up and they get lured away with NIL.

Agree a hundred percent. I am wondering though if Fisher can land some bona fide blue chip recruits that have a bunch of good offers ACC SEC etc. will these kids be more lured away by bright lights? Kids who could’ve picked these schools to begin with might more inclined to stay here. Probably not but we’ll see obviously we need to improve our recruiting first.

I’m all in on the transfer portal though I think we should’ve hit it even harder this year (how do we not go get an experience wide receiver?) and maybe we tried but were turned down. we did have a lot of coaching turmoil which didn’t help.

 

[Bayside44]

This is one of the reasons I'm upset at the "good enough" philosophy when it comes to athletic facilities. Dorms, lockers, weight rooms, practice fields, stadium/arena have to be better than the ACC average for us to even consider ourselves competing on equal footing with our conference brethren.

Cut a check.

 

[Cuse'91]

Cut a check.

Sorry, not for this BOT, Administration, and Athletic Department. Not that I need it these days, but they've reduced the value of my diploma significantly since my graduation.

 

[cuse309]

Keep in mind this graphic is based on ESPN rankings of high school recruits only. ESPN rankings are worthless. Don’t let yourself get to worked up over this one.

We say it every year, and every year we are mediocre.