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Message: [QUOTE="anomander, post: 5129244, member: 2766"] Not saying we recruit based off the star system. We already have evidence to that not being the case. However, I don’t see how you can totally dismiss it? It’s no coincidence the top 20 teams are usually the ones with consistently high rated recruiting classes. I don’t think i need to point out that tOSU, Michigan, Bama, LSU, Penn St, ND, Clemson, Texas, Oregon, etc always have top 20 classes and have been year in and year out the best programs the last few years. Sure there are some that recruit well based on rankings who have underachieved, but there could be numerous reasons like bad coaching, tough schedule, no qb. Do you think any of Babers classes were under rated? I don’t. I think he was one of the absolute worst talent evaluators that we had and it’s a minor miracle he was successful as he was. Offensively, which was supposed to be his bread and butter he didn’t recruit 1 QB who could win at this level in 8 years. Outside of Gadsen, he somehow didn’t recruit 1 quality WR in 8’years. As for RB i’ll say he stumbled on Tucker and later Allen. What OL did he recruit and develop outside of Bergeron? Defensively was better, but how much was he involved. It’s embarrassing the lack of offensive players that he missed on. I would have traded every single one of his classes for someone’s in the top 25. Kids have so much much exposure to camps and such these days. There is more than enough film for these coaches to evaluate. Everyone says Bama kids get the automatic bump. Do we not think Saban and his staff were unable to evaluate kids? There was a reason he won multiple championships. I would much rather be inside the top 25 recruiting rankings than not. [/QUOTE]

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