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[QUOTE="tep624, post: 2283171, member: 430"]
His 2014 and 2015 classes had some quality talent in them.  They weren't on the level that Baber's 2017 class looks like it's going to be, but guys like Dungey, Slayton, Franklin, Phillips, Cordy, Ishmael, Bennet, Thomas, Strickland, Chris Frederick, Custis, quite a bit of the OL 2 deep all came from those classes.  Shafer's biggest problem with recruiting was lack of success on the field that led to a dismal 2016 class like you laid out above and a lack of quality in the "blue chip" recruits he managed to land.  I mean, he had 4 guys that were graded at 4 stars by at least one recruiting site in 2014 including our first Rivals 250 kid ever, and from that we got 2 non-qualifiers, 1 who transferred after being medically DQ'ed and 1 that is still with the team and has had 1 catch in 3 years.  The only 4 stars in '15 were Blair, who didn't qualify, and Strickland who is our starting tailback.  He had no 4 star recruits in 2016 prior to getting fired.  To get 1 multi-year starter out of 6 4 star recruits over 3 seasons is pretty awful.

The most refreshing change with Babers is that he's landing 4 stars that are highly coveted but who will also qualify and be here as freshman.
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