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[QUOTE="SoBristol, post: 303592, member: 485"]
This is an old debate.  You might expect that delusional Rutgers fans believe the basketball ratings are usually wrong; their coaches have a knack for finding the hidden gems; and coach up those prospects better than anyone.  Might happen rarely with an overlooked prospect, but usually wrong.    
  
The ratings are frequently wrong about late-developing prospects (think of Andy Rautins in basketball) or prospects in places like Brighton NY (our recent commit at RB/LB) where football isn't the big passion as it is in Texas and Florida.    
But the ratings are often right -- and we offer but lose out on highly rated recruits who end up in the commit lists of Miami, Penn St, BC, Pitt, Louisville .  . . . We are darn happy when we land Hogue, Carter, Broyld or Thompson and see they have good metrics, good stats, good offers and good ratings.  We pretty much know who would make us most happy among the rated RBs, WRs and DEs who were among the first to receive SU offers.   
 
If there is one argument I don't want to hear any more:  that our coaches prefer the two-star hidden gems, have a unique way to evaluate prospects, and can coach up better than other coaches to turn white chips into blue chips (compared to say Toledo, or Temple, or Ball State).
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