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[QUOTE="nzm136, post: 1642793, member: 2531"]
I don't think that rankings are the be all end all for a number of reasons:

1. It's really hard to know which college kids will be good pros, and it's even harder to know which high school kids will be good in college. 
2. A lot of a player's value is how he fits into a system - Does he fill a talent hole? Does he have skill sets that we can use (i.e. the world's best scrambler will be wasted in a pocket-heavy offense)? And, does he have the right mentality (i.e. some coaches really like players with chips on their shoulders)? 
3. Another significant portion of a player's value is how well he develops/matures - part of that is on the player and part is on the coach.

Those attributes either aren't factored into rankings well (or in many cases, at all), or generally frustrate their accuracy.

That said, I would rather have the #1 class than the #128 class. There are exceptions, but rankings do generally get the direction right. And, with that in mind, I am happy that SU is trending up in recruiting in general (even under SS), and that general trend looks to accelerate under Dino. I think that there's a real opportunity to make a big splash next year once our coaching staff is finalized and have had a year to use SU's name/conference affiliation/resources to scout/evaluate players and convince them to put on the blue/grey/white/orange jersey.
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