National prep FB rankings

I rank this thread No. 4,434.

 

And a high-level recruit isn't always a great HS football player. Big schools will take kids on potential -- size, speed, strength, etc. -- rather than production. A kid from around here a few years ago went to Notre Dame despite playing like absolute crapola for his HS team. But he was huge and fast and the Irish figured they could coach him up.

 

and ...?

 

And that means you can't necessarily use recruiting as a basis for ranking HS teams. Pay attention, Tom.

 

yeah, i got your point. i simply was hoping you'd finish your thought.

and ... how in the hell is the guy doing? did that type of recruiting work in this instance?

 

Nah, he was a stiff in college, too.

 

thank you.

 

Conversely, a school that produced one of the best quarterbacks to come from this state didn't make the playoffs in his three years there, and I don't think they were ever any better than 6-4 in any season.

 

I've seen that several times--in both football and basketball -- players who really aren't that good in HS get big-time college offers simply because they've got the right body type. Sometimes those guys actually do develop in college, more often they do not.

And your overriding point is also true about recruits being a highly inaccurate measure. I've seen HS teams with no 5-star recruits kick the ass of teams that had em too many times to buy that test.

 

I guess this is thread-jacking a bit, but what are your thoughts on the role of reporters in the recruiting process? It seems that hype goes a long way, and there's a tendency toward pack journalism. I mean, it's not as if the only good quarterbacks are those who attend one of 10 different universities. Sometimes, it seems that way, as if it's predetermined that Stud A will win the Heisman when the reality is that some obscure guy off in Hawaii could by the bigger stud.

 

Are you asking about our role in the recruiting process or our role in choosing Heisman winners?

 

I'm asking whether prognostication goes too far when it makes it seem like 10 guys are the greatest thing since sliced bread and everyone else isn't worth a lump of coal. Lots of great athletes go unnoticed, and I'm curious at to the how guilty the media is of overlooking some guys and over-hyping others. After all, Tony Romo went undrafted, as did several other NFL players.