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[QUOTE="timkay99, post: 1186071, member: 635"]
IMO, McDonald is a top 20 recruiter.

I don't think Ishmael, Dowels or Edouard come to Syracuse without him.

I think the overall product Syracuse offers is one of the worst for Power 5 conference teams and significantly hampers recruiting.

If you went into this and expected McDonald to pull 4 stars out of Florida on top of being OC, your expectations are off.

In 2014, of the Florida top 100 (according to Rivals), only 12 went to what I would consider cold weather destinations and Cuse got one of them.  Only the top 50 were 4 stars or better in Florida according to that and we aren't beating Michigan State, Ohio State or Penn State consistently for recruits:

12 - Mason Cole (Michigan)
19 - Johnnie Dixon (Ohio State)
27 - Madre London (Michigan State)
28 - Michael O'Connor (Penn State)
38 - T.C. Harrell (Michigan State)
75 - Jacob Kraut (Rutgers)
76 - Deion Hallmon (Northern Illinois)
79 - Deionte Gaines (Colorado State)
88 - Josh Hicks (Rutgers)
[B]90 - Edouard (Syracuse)[/B]
91 - Amani Oruwariye (Penn State)
100 - Greg Gooch (Indiana)
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