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Message: [QUOTE="Townie72, post: 809354, member: 780"] Seems like Anomander actually understands what the "Star System" is and how it is computed and what it means. The Star system is not an objective measure of ability. It is used to assess the readiness of high school athletes based on their performance in high school to compete and contribute at the college level. It's all about "potential". A 5-Star is someone that that recruiters feel will be able to play and contribute meaningfully immediately. They are "Can't Miss" guys based on demonstrated performance, speed, size, athleticism, etc.) A 4-Star guy is someone that will play and contribute somewhat later. They need to improve their size or speed or toughness or they need to gain experience. Three-Stars are guys that are going to be good college football players but not when they first show up. These are guys who recruiters feel have the potential to be starters as RS Jrs or RS Seniors. And the whole system is overlaid with the imprecision of the evaluation and recruiting process. Recruiters can spot 5-Stars. Understanding the potential of kids is an art form. Florida State and other Southern schools have the luxury of being surrounded by 4 and 5 star kids. While there may not be a single 5 Star in Onandaga County in a year, some of these Florida counties could have dozens. Years ago ---- before FSU got good --- a high school friend of mine from NJ moved to Florida and began ref'ing high school. He wrote me raving about the quality of athletes he saw in these small town high school games. He had played high school basketball in NJ at a relatively high level so I knew he knew. He use adjectives like "incredible" to describe these kids as athletes. They weren't great basketball players. The games were "rough" and the coaching was poor. But the kids as athletes --- size, strength, speed, agility, jumping ability --- was superior to anything he had seen "Up North". [/QUOTE]

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