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Message: [QUOTE="Scooch, post: 3044608, member: 628"] This is GREAT work. And I really can't disagree with the conclusion. Ultimately I'm not sure there's a irrefutable, causal link between recruiting rankings and on-field success. The data is far too noisy, and even the definition of "success" is tricky to pin down. To be honest, personally this is why I don't spend much time following recruiting. My POV is that it's on the coaches to land the players they think they need to run their system. I'll evaluate how well that's going when I see players on the field. It's why I thought the support for Shafer in year 3, based on his recruiting, was ludicrous. Because I saw with my own eyes how our players didn't stack up to our ACC peers. These days it seems clear that we have the athletes to compete. [/QUOTE]