he might very well have been tier 1 but when we consider he never visited Syracuse (that I can find) we didn't really lose the kid and he wasn't a blow to our recruiting efforts. Every 5 star kid we've offered is a tier 1 kid but if they're not interested then...in other words, this kid chose Buttgers but he didn't really chose Buttgers over Syracuse. Other than letters it's hard to say we were ever in the picture or to what degree we prioritized him. I don't recall seeing anything that says we visited him either.
Yea I get what you mean, a lot of what I go off is what I read from on here and tidbits I get from the articles I read. I haven't been able to get too much info on how hard we might've been recruiting him.