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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 639965, member: 837"]
Yeah, things people get too worked up about during recruiting:
 
-- stars
-- location (local or FL kids especially)
-- A list vs. B list vs. whatever list
-- 40 times and vitals (generally self-reported by kids or their coaches)
-- fishes/loaves
-- class rankings
-- saving scholarships
 
To me, honestly, i love recruiting but I don't really get worked up about it too much. I break it down to these rules:
 
[B]Early offers --[/B] The more kids that sign early or accept an offer that was made early, the better.
 
[B]I root for more stars as opposed to fewer stars[/B], but accept that there is absolutely no way to predict what happens to any kid (let alone 20-25 of them) from ages 18-23. That sounds disturbingly like a mantra of some sort but it's honestly true -- even if the rankings were incredibly accurate there is still no way to project things like work ethic, grades, injuries, family tragedies, legal issues ...
 
[B]Did we address needs?[/B] If you need a linebacker, we should sign a top target and at least one maybe two other guys who could project to LB.
 
[B]Numbers are important[/B] -- what percentage of feb. signees actually make it to campus within a year and stay for at least 3 years? Hugely underrated part of recruiting, IMO.
 
[B]Late attention --[/B] How many of these guys sign and then start getting attention from other BCS schools later in the process? Always seems to be a good sign.
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