last time we lost a top recruit to Squid at the very end

[AtlHusky]

We almost never land burger boys, we get very few five stars, we never have the best class in the country. Yet we have the most titles since 1999.

Don't short us a half dozen years...we have the most titles since '93.

 

[ctchamps]

2016
34 Gilbert
50 Durham
77 Jackson
(33 Larrier [2014 ranking])

Sure, this one is in the ballpark once you add in Larrier, and better than some of those classes. But the upcoming one isn't:

2017
33 Ashton-Langford

Now, we have time still to round this class out, but it isn't "as good as we get" by any means.

Let's be clear here: I'm not in the "our recruiting sucks" camp. But I am in the "facts matter" one, and having one committed Top 100 recruit when we had 5 scholarships available--and still have 2--isn't a good look. Perhaps we were too convinced we had Diallo, perhaps Zach Brown's verbal chased away some bigs. Perhaps we'll get Bamba or someone else we have an offer out on. But as of this point the statement that led to this back and forth is clearly incorrect, and while our roster next year should still be quite good, we still need an infusion of talent.

Nice work. What was Durham's ranking when he gave his verbal to UConn and before he suffered his second ACL? What was Zach's ranking at the time of his verbal? I think KO had two terrific classes in a row until circumstances outside his control changed things.

 

[Matrim55]

Nice work. What was Durham's ranking when he gave his verbal to UConn and before he suffered his second ACL? What was Zach's ranking at the time of his verbal? I think KO had two terrific classes in a row until circumstances outside his control changed things.

We can throw in Prince Ali and Willie Jackson as well, as both were top 50 players when they committed.