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[QUOTE="Lou_C, post: 809510, member: 3201"]
Star ratings are not EVERYTHING because poor coaching, development, strength and conditioning, and even recruiting strategy will still allow you to fail. In FSU's down years, I think we had a highly rated recruiting class that I think had one OL one year. Seriously messed up our team for multiple seasons.
 
Highly rated recruiting classes do not mean that you are going to be consistently elite.  However, low-rated recruiting classes do mean that you will NOT be consistently elite.
 
That's not to say that even with low rated classes a team can't put together a magical season occasionally, when they get a few gems, have an excellent coach, have a nice schedule draw and get some injury and game luck.  Look at Duke.  It absolutely happens.  Probably the best I've ever seen in my time watching was the prime of Virginia Tech when Beamer was very successful with classes that just never rated well.
 
But over the long term, nobody is going to overcome low rated recruiting classes to compete with and overcome programs with high rated recruiting classes if the power programs have their house in order.
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