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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 864432" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>I couldn't agree more and I've made the same remarks more then once here. It's a common flaw of all evaluation systems; it's easy to spot the stars, it's hard to rate everyone else. This was one of the reasons I always felt the old saws about Paul "not being able to recruit" or "not being interested in recruiting" or being "too lazy ot recruit" were so completely wrong. He knew what he wanted and went after the kids who could get into Tech and stick and who could deliver it. He got some great players that nobody else would touch because of that. And he missed some players he really wanted - Fournette and Chubb come to mind - because they didn't want to be part of a system offense. But that had nothing to do with recruiting rankings. We never had a really great class with Paul, but the offense rolled almost every year. D was the problem, despite uniformly higher recruiting rankings on that side of the ball.</p><p></p><p>I'm reminded of an anecdote about Shaw. He was on stage getting a standing ovation after one of his plays and someone in the audience shouted, "Rubbish!" Shaw looked down and said, "I quite agree, but (pointing to the audience) who are we among so many?" Saying that recruiting rankings are not even approximately valid doesn't stop people from using them or criticizing coaches who "fail" at recruiting according to them. So you have to choose the best measure among a variety of poor ones. Average stars per class is about the best that can be made out of a dog's breakfast.</p><p></p><p>But the proof of the pudding is on the field. And there both recruiting and coaching matter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 864432, member: 265"] I couldn't agree more and I've made the same remarks more then once here. It's a common flaw of all evaluation systems; it's easy to spot the stars, it's hard to rate everyone else. This was one of the reasons I always felt the old saws about Paul "not being able to recruit" or "not being interested in recruiting" or being "too lazy ot recruit" were so completely wrong. He knew what he wanted and went after the kids who could get into Tech and stick and who could deliver it. He got some great players that nobody else would touch because of that. And he missed some players he really wanted - Fournette and Chubb come to mind - because they didn't want to be part of a system offense. But that had nothing to do with recruiting rankings. We never had a really great class with Paul, but the offense rolled almost every year. D was the problem, despite uniformly higher recruiting rankings on that side of the ball. I'm reminded of an anecdote about Shaw. He was on stage getting a standing ovation after one of his plays and someone in the audience shouted, "Rubbish!" Shaw looked down and said, "I quite agree, but (pointing to the audience) who are we among so many?" Saying that recruiting rankings are not even approximately valid doesn't stop people from using them or criticizing coaches who "fail" at recruiting according to them. So you have to choose the best measure among a variety of poor ones. Average stars per class is about the best that can be made out of a dog's breakfast. But the proof of the pudding is on the field. And there both recruiting and coaching matter. [/QUOTE]
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