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Message: [QUOTE="tep624, post: 365014, member: 430"] Vick was huge. Ray Rice - phenomenal player but we've had good RB's, and Gronk, another phenomenal player, but the team was so weak at that time I don't think he would have made a huge difference. I'd say Vick, then followed by the Damien Rhodes' recruiting class as a whole. There were 4 or 5 high profile recruits from that class that SU was in the top 5, and in some cases top 2 for, that we lost out on. Army AA's like Tamba Hali and Shadu Moore, Greg Threat from Tallahassee Lincoln, and a couple others - and we lost out on all except for Damien. That class really cemented the downfall of depth and talent for Coach P. When we went from classes that had 3 or 4 freshman that could legitimately play as frosh due to talent, not due to need, to 1 freshman like that if we were lucky, that's when the talent really started to go South. [/QUOTE]