Handsome Pete
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Jimmy Gjere
# 161
Rivals Rating 5.8
4 Star
At quick glance (sure I missed some) we also have offers out to #1 Henderson, #18 Prater, #126 Davis, #249 Stephenson.
So Pete, can you going to explain to us how this worked with Alipate last year (started out like 50 something, ended up three stars).
The problem was that Jefferson didn't put out a tape and they wouldn't give game film to Alipate's to make there own so the only video was from some fan who went to a couple games and put that together and they based there rankings off that, pretty weak. That was too high for Moses but he was a 4-star kid and could of been in the 225-250 range.
This is what pissed me off so badly. I don't mind someone dropping from the pre-evaluation period but this was ridiculous. Alipate's drop combined with the ridiculous over-ranking of Bryce McNeal at nearly the same level as Michael Floyd just defied credibility.
Are you trying to get a rise out of me Agent Harry? My disdain for the great Rivals-Alipate cornholing of '08 is well documented. I'm still pissed about it in fact. He went from Rivals 100 to out of the top 250 because Rivals claimed they hadn't seen his tape yet. If memory serves, however, they had his tape posted on his bio before the ranking.
That's precisely why I don't get too wrapped up in rankings, and don't let it upset me. We got a great kid and player in Moses, I don't care if he's a 1 star or a 4 star. I just care that he performs for us...or adds to the team in anyway.
I do have a question - I didn't follow Floyd's year as closely as others - but didn't he have a very strong season? I thought he broke freshman, Notre Dame records...which would lead me to believe that he wasn't over-ranked. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Eker is right. I was saying Floyd is one of the top HS players ever to come out of Minnesota and was ranked between 50 and 80 most of the year (he busted way up toward the top after the Army All Star game. McNeal had nowhere near the talent of Floyd and was also ranked, I think in the top 70's or 80's all year for absolutely no reason whatsoever.
That's precisely why I don't get too wrapped up in rankings, and don't let it upset me. We got a great kid and player in Moses, I don't care if he's a 1 star or a 4 star. I just care that he performs for us...or adds to the team in anyway.
I do have a question - I didn't follow Floyd's year as closely as others - but didn't he have a very strong season? I thought he broke freshman, Notre Dame records...which would lead me to believe that he wasn't over-ranked. Please correct me if I'm wrong.