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6-Year B1G West Standing vs Recruit Ranking data points to importance of recruiting
Out of boredom, I have crudely plotted the data for the B1G West standings and the average recruit rankings for 2011 thru 2016 - The Kill/Claeys Era.
Draw your own conclusions, and do what you want with these.
My take on this is that the Gophers have been frequently predicted early in the season to finish 5th in the B1G West. The crude data shows those predictions to be consistent with the year end standings average of 4.67 for the years 2011-2016.
The interesting thing is when I compiled the data for the average recruit rankings, the Gophers also come in 5th place in the B1G West with an average recruit rating of 82.69.
To summarize the 6-year data:
Team / Avg Standing / Avg Recruit Ranking / Avg Nat'l Ranking
WISC 1.67 -- 84.69 -- 42.67
NEBR 2.50 -- 86.77 -- 27.00
IOWA 3.00 -- 83.71 -- 48.00
NoWn 4.17 -- 84.25 -- 53.67
MINN 4.67 -- 82.69 -- 58.33
ILLIN 6.00 -- 82.54 -- 57.33
PURD 6.00 -- 82.42 -- 67.00
Wisconsin is lower in both average recruit ranking (84.69 vs 86.77) and national team ranking (42.67 vs 27.00) for the six year running data than Nebraska, but outperforms Nebraska.
The data points to the importance of recruiting (and coaching). If the Gophers are to challenge the four teams above them in the B1G West, they must be able to consistently recruit at least a few four star prospects to attain average recruit ranking in the 84s or higher or a national rankings in the 40s or better.
One of Mark Coyle's missions was to hire a football coach who can recruit. The sex scandal gave him cover to jettison Claeys for PJF. I like Claeys as a coach, but his recruiting needed to go to a higher level.
Jerry Kill brought stability to the program and the average rankings was growing gradualy year after year albeit slower than we'd like. PJF needs to aggressively recruit the next four years for the Gophers to become contenders and a destination school for upper tier recruits.
We hope that the coaches PJF assembled are as good as advertised because we need all the advantages we can garner.
It is a tall order to contend for the B1G West. IMHO, this is the best chance that we have to actually realize that.
I can't wait 'til the season starts.
GO GOPHERS!
Out of boredom, I have crudely plotted the data for the B1G West standings and the average recruit rankings for 2011 thru 2016 - The Kill/Claeys Era.
Draw your own conclusions, and do what you want with these.
My take on this is that the Gophers have been frequently predicted early in the season to finish 5th in the B1G West. The crude data shows those predictions to be consistent with the year end standings average of 4.67 for the years 2011-2016.
The interesting thing is when I compiled the data for the average recruit rankings, the Gophers also come in 5th place in the B1G West with an average recruit rating of 82.69.
To summarize the 6-year data:
Team / Avg Standing / Avg Recruit Ranking / Avg Nat'l Ranking
WISC 1.67 -- 84.69 -- 42.67
NEBR 2.50 -- 86.77 -- 27.00
IOWA 3.00 -- 83.71 -- 48.00
NoWn 4.17 -- 84.25 -- 53.67
MINN 4.67 -- 82.69 -- 58.33
ILLIN 6.00 -- 82.54 -- 57.33
PURD 6.00 -- 82.42 -- 67.00
Wisconsin is lower in both average recruit ranking (84.69 vs 86.77) and national team ranking (42.67 vs 27.00) for the six year running data than Nebraska, but outperforms Nebraska.
The data points to the importance of recruiting (and coaching). If the Gophers are to challenge the four teams above them in the B1G West, they must be able to consistently recruit at least a few four star prospects to attain average recruit ranking in the 84s or higher or a national rankings in the 40s or better.
One of Mark Coyle's missions was to hire a football coach who can recruit. The sex scandal gave him cover to jettison Claeys for PJF. I like Claeys as a coach, but his recruiting needed to go to a higher level.
Jerry Kill brought stability to the program and the average rankings was growing gradualy year after year albeit slower than we'd like. PJF needs to aggressively recruit the next four years for the Gophers to become contenders and a destination school for upper tier recruits.
We hope that the coaches PJF assembled are as good as advertised because we need all the advantages we can garner.
It is a tall order to contend for the B1G West. IMHO, this is the best chance that we have to actually realize that.
I can't wait 'til the season starts.
GO GOPHERS!