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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 206543" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>The factories have been doing crazy things for a long time. Watch the ESPN documentary about Marcus Dupree in the 80s. The biggest difference now is that there are "recruiting" sites that create a lot of hysteria about medium to low profile recruits. If you see a Herschel Walker or a Marcus Dupree play high school ball, you can predict that he will do well in college.(Although Dupree did well at Oklahoma, he had discipline problems that limited his contribution) In 2004, five WRs were "ranked" above Calvin Johnson. Those five were pretty good, but they didn't compare to Johnson. The "recruiting" sites rate players all the way down to just above average. When you see an above average player, you have no idea how well he will do against better competition. Once you get past the "best" five or ten "predicting" their potential is extremely unreliable. In Johnson's case, they clearly got the "best" wrong. In other cases of the "best" recruit, there are recruits who will never get on the field for academic or discipline issues.</p><p></p><p>Getting the right student athletes is important to a program. The ESPN/Rivals/Scout/etc hoopla is greatly exagerated. If you don't know the story about Kevin Hart, look it up. To me, that story exposes the drastic overreaction of the fans and "sports media".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 206543, member: 2426"] The factories have been doing crazy things for a long time. Watch the ESPN documentary about Marcus Dupree in the 80s. The biggest difference now is that there are "recruiting" sites that create a lot of hysteria about medium to low profile recruits. If you see a Herschel Walker or a Marcus Dupree play high school ball, you can predict that he will do well in college.(Although Dupree did well at Oklahoma, he had discipline problems that limited his contribution) In 2004, five WRs were "ranked" above Calvin Johnson. Those five were pretty good, but they didn't compare to Johnson. The "recruiting" sites rate players all the way down to just above average. When you see an above average player, you have no idea how well he will do against better competition. Once you get past the "best" five or ten "predicting" their potential is extremely unreliable. In Johnson's case, they clearly got the "best" wrong. In other cases of the "best" recruit, there are recruits who will never get on the field for academic or discipline issues. Getting the right student athletes is important to a program. The ESPN/Rivals/Scout/etc hoopla is greatly exagerated. If you don't know the story about Kevin Hart, look it up. To me, that story exposes the drastic overreaction of the fans and "sports media". [/QUOTE]
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