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[QUOTE="orangecuse, post: 3148624, member: 668"]
No doubt, I agree that the staff isn't "ignoring" those attributes you suggest.  And, yes, every now and again, you find that "diamond in the ruff" so to speak a la Dungey.  He's not the first, and certainly won't be the last. I think recruiting can be a crap shoot, but I don't necessarily agree that it's the rule.  Otherwise, why is it year in and year out the teams with these top "science of recruiting rankings" classes seemingly are typically top 10-15 teams annually.  No, it's not an exact science, but it's not a 100% crap shoot as you're suggesting either, especially with all the footage, etc. that is available on these guys.  There is clearly a causal relationship relative to success.  Otherwise, why has Dino stated at times that our recruiting needs to be upgraded?  I believe he's referring to high 3 stars and several 4 stars, maybe an occasional 5 to boot.  There's no doubt in my mind he would much rather land those types than the consistent 2 and 3's he's getting.

On an aside, the same can be said about hoops.  Our recruiting has been down there too, and is 100% causally related to our record in ACC play and overall the past 5 years.  Another poster suggested in one of those hoops threads how in the past if SU had a class of 5 guys coming in, typically it would've landed us somewhere in the top 10 classes.  This years crop of cinco landed us in or around top 25-30.  We will see how things turn out, but it certainly matters...at least in my view.
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