SANJAY Posted January 29, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 300 Content Count: 7,993 Reputation: 968 Days Won: 21 Joined: 10/31/2005 Share Posted January 29, 2007 As of 1/27/07 USF has 6 players in the top 100 Florida. We are in the running for maybe 4 more.73 Terrell McClain 82 Charlton Sinclair 86 Calvin Sutton98 Tyson Butler99 Claude Davis100 Alton Voss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theman123 Posted January 30, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 411 Content Count: 5,591 Reputation: 204 Days Won: 3 Joined: 12/10/2006 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Neat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulls96go Posted January 30, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 724 Content Count: 10,219 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/17/2002 Share Posted January 30, 2007 go bulls!over the next 5 years would love to see us get our pick of the top 50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Dozer Posted January 30, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 343 Content Count: 13,697 Reputation: 2,041 Days Won: 45 Joined: 09/04/2006 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Rankings from recruiting sites dont matter..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANJAY Posted January 30, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 300 Content Count: 7,993 Reputation: 968 Days Won: 21 Joined: 10/31/2005 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 Steve, I do not think they are the be all-end all of recruiting but I put the information up for discussion purposes. Also to help me along on my slow trek towards 40,000 posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Dozer Posted January 30, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 343 Content Count: 13,697 Reputation: 2,041 Days Won: 45 Joined: 09/04/2006 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Steve,I do not think they are the be all-end all of recruiting but I put the information up for discussion purposes.  Also to help me along on my slow trek towards 40,000 posts.  i know i was just doing it in a mocking way since everyone here posts them all the time but says they dont matter. I should have added one of these to my post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 30, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 197 Content Count: 10,251 Reputation: 270 Days Won: 14 Joined: 08/16/2005 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I know most say that now, and I agree to an extent, but I will put my life savings on the line that down the line when we grab a few 4 and 5 stars, with a top 25 class, most people that care about recruiting on this site will be gushing about how great those players are and how we have a top 25 class.Just teh way it works I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velcro Posted January 31, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 999 Content Count: 19,229 Reputation: 7 Days Won: 1 Joined: 01/14/2002 Share Posted January 31, 2007 That is probably true... but at the same time, it matters more what you do with the talent than how talented they are. Getting 4 and 5 star athletes means squat if your coach can't get anything out of them. I know that when we start getting more of the big recruits, we have the coach that will find a way to get 6 or 7 stars out of those 4 and 5 stars. He's already getting 4 or 5 out of 2 and 3 stars, imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windbane Posted January 31, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 39 Content Count: 3,403 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/27/2005 Share Posted January 31, 2007 That is probably true... but at the same time, it matters more what you do with the talent than how talented they are. Getting 4 and 5 star athletes means squat if your coach can't get anything out of them. I know that when we start getting more of the big recruits, we have the coach that will find a way to get 6 or 7 stars out of those 4 and 5 stars. He's already getting 4 or 5 out of 2 and 3 stars, imho.I agree. I'll just be more excited to get better athletes, even if you don't really know until they play, because we seem to be doing a great job already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruger7mmmag Posted January 31, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 46 Content Count: 2,523 Reputation: 14 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/08/2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 That is probably true... but at the same time, it matters more what you do with the talent than how talented they are.  Getting 4 and 5 star athletes means squat if your coach can't get anything out of them.  I know that when we start getting more of the big recruits, we have the coach that will find a way to get 6 or 7 stars out of those 4 and 5 stars.  He's already getting 4 or 5 out of 2 and 3 stars, imho.Let's not get too carried away. Leavitt is doing a FANTASTIC job maximizing the abilities of the kids we have brought in here, but no way we are turning water into wine by any means. In general, you can take a 2 or 3 star guy and with GREAT coaching you can turn him into a GOOD player, but there's a ceiling (in general) that those players can reach and good is as good as it gets. For instance, you aren't going to take a 2 star QB and turn him into Vince Young who was a 5 star when he was recruited. The reason many of the guys who are 5 stars are 5 stars bc they have the measurables. They have the height, weight, speed etc. Things that are God given in many cases. A guy 5'11" can't make himself 6'3" and a guy who has perfect technique who can only run a 4.6 40 can't magically increase his speed to a 4.4 40 bc he works hard. Leavitt has been a better job than I think anyone ever thought, but let's not look through our homer glasses too much. Recruiting services are generally right the majority of the time and the way you build a BCS champion is to stockpile these guys. How many of our 2 and 3 star guys are in the NFL? How many were invited to the Senior Bowl?Now, look back at the last 6 years of USCs recruiting classes and see how many of those guys are playing in the NFL right now! No matter how great a coach Leavitt may be, there's only so much a coach can do to improve a player. The good news is we're getting better and better recruiting classes and I can't wait to see what Leavitt can do with more and more talent with his coaching and schemes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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