Right so, as I said, if you ideally have only year 2 - year 5 players starting, that just needs 5-6 "star players" per class to fill out a 22. To fill out a 44 is then "only" 10-12 "star to good players" per class, on average.
I agree.
I’m pretty sure they do this and Maryland is the paper tiger every year
Or you could just look at the cumulative ratings of the two-deep that season. Perhaps weighted by how much relative time the starter is on the field vs the backup in the rotation (sort've like weighted by minutes in basketball). This would be possibly more difficult to compile though.
Not across the board, but I tend to agree that midwest players tend to be late bloomers as many have not played as much football. There are still a lot of kids in MN that don't play any tackle football until 7th or 8th grade.
I guess what I would like to know is: how many people does 247 actually employ that watch film and evaluate kids? And how "expert" are those people?
I know, he has the wildcat/"Green line" thing. Kudos to Fleck and staff for making that work for him, so at least we got something.
However, the coaches who recruited him to play quarterback are no longer here. Their plans in their system would have given him a completely different opportunity. So we don't know.
Coming in as a new coach in January makes recruiting difficult. But Fleck didn't hold on to many U of M recruits. He released them all except for those from Minnesota (five or six). He convinced many of his Western Michigan recruits to come with him, if that's what you mean by holding on to them.
Welcome to reality, the star rating is based on the number of schools that are interested in a player, they will get a higher star rating if larger schools are on the list. It can be regional, many programs will recruit from power HS programs. Wentz, did not even have a star rating out of HS. Most top Minnesota kids will get a 2 star rating unless P5 programs are recruiting them. Minnesota's 247 representative is not very involved, unlike many other states.
Morgan is a junior, so there is still another year of development for the QB’s. There are 3 other QB’s on the roster. Not worried about that position.
And, football isn't year around here like in other states. Many states have spring ball for HS. Mason has talked about this a lot. He says, Midwest type kids have higher ceilings--compared to year around state players--b/c they're likely not as polished due to the lack of coaching opportunities throughout their HS careers.
Right no worry, your 17 year old #1 recruit for your 2021 class has not played Foosball in 2 years.
I think he will be a nice player and help calm our defense next year. Going into year 5 of PJ I'm disappointed that they will be starting a FCS grad transfer at LB. It's what needed to be done and I hope it helps the young LBs grow. Jaydon Hood still needs to be a top target as he won't sign until the second signing day for football. Overall great add, not super fast but he can tackle and take the correct angles to the ball.
Good to hear and we could use him Stat !
| Illinois pushed their high school season out to the spring. So to everyone concerned about Kaliakmanis not playing in 2 years, he will play in the spring I believe. And then he'll have at least one year to learn under Morgan. So no, I'm not real worried about that. He's the real deal. |