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Stars may not be perfect, but in the majority of cases, more teams with athletes that have a plethora of stars compete for national championships than those built with a plethora of "under the radar" athletes.

Nothing against the efforts of UConns coaching staff. Regardless of the success or lack thereof on the grid iron, I think UConn has a plethora of athletes that will rank very high as far as being developed academically, graduating and succeeding in their chosen profession and life after college.

Maybe the class is not perceived very well athletically by coaches of prominent programs in the FBS realm. Thus the lack of interest and offers.

However, outside of football, I'll bet if Tuesday was a National Letter of Intent day for some academic program, eg biology, business, etc. UConn may be ranked among the prominent institutions as having a high ranking class.

The RKG's will help maintain and or enhance UConn's academic prowness......which benefits everyone with "0" athletic skills......which is the majority of the student body.

I have no problem ranking this class as far as character, academic ability, and future benefit and impact on society...........a plethora of 4 & 5 star recruits.

I give Bob D a lot of credit for recognizing and giving the recruits an outstanding opportunity and chance to succeed in life

 
I like Diaco's apparent strategy of you can't teach "big". Recruiting talent is going to be challenge for the next few years, but I think size does temper talent when you line up against an opposing team. If some of these big guys coach up then it's a total win.
 
Gee, what happened? When I was in school, 95 was a good grade.
 
tduconn said:
Stars may not be perfect, but in the majority of cases, more teams with athletes that have a plethora of stars compete for national championships than those built with a plethora of "under the radar" athletes.

Nothing against the efforts of UConns coaching staff. Regardless of the success or lack thereof on the grid iron, I think UConn has a plethora of athletes that will rank very high as far as being developed academically, graduating and succeeding in their chosen profession and life after college.

Maybe the class is not perceived very well athletically by coaches of prominent programs in the FBS realm. Thus the lack of interest and offers.

However, outside of football, I'll bet if Tuesday was a National Letter of Intent day for some academic program, eg biology, business, etc. UConn may be ranked among the prominent institutions as having a high ranking class.

The RKG's will help maintain and or enhance UConn's academic prowness.which benefits everyone with "0" athletic skills.which is the majority of the student body.

I have no problem ranking this class as far as character, academic ability, and future benefit and impact on society......a plethora of 4 & 5 star recruits.

I give Bob D a lot of credit for recognizing and giving the recruits an outstanding opportunity and chance to succeed in life
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What have you been smoking? This is football. Winning is the only thing.
 
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Because we have no 3/4 stars, they are irrelevant. If we did have some, they would be. Its that simple. The fact that we have any prospects coming is a feat itself. I thought we might have to resort to recruiting LAX players and wrestlers as projects.
 
http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...96710/nfl-draft-recruits-five-stars-two-stars

When two-stars get drafted

Sometimes, colleges and recruiting analysts simply misevaluate players. More often, however, when a low-rated recruit becomes a big NFL prospect, there is an explanation for why the prospect was rated as he was. The most common reasons are that the recruit:
  • had very limited film due to injury or focus on another sport,
  • is a punter or kicker,
  • gained a ridiculous amount of muscle in college, while retaining athleticism,
  • is from another country, or
  • was expected to head to junior college because of academics but somehow qualified for a four-year school.
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So why was Mack rated a two-star? A perfect storm of reasons, really:
There were reasons: Mack was a prep basketball player who as a junior suffered a patella tendon injury that threatened his high school athletic career. He returned to health stronger than before, but he wasn't even thinking about football until Ashmon phoned Mack's dad early in the teenager's senior year and promised him that if he allowed his son to pick up a new sport, he'd go to college for free.
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It looks like the staff is focused on the bold italics red reasons. I'm not saying that all 31 players will hit and get drafted within the first 2 rounds, but this article gives plenty of hope to those of us who focus on Post NLI day development as much as star rating.
 
Kevin Caliendo said:
RE could find talent. He wasn't a good recruiter, in fact he turned off tons of coaches and rankings coordinators as anyone in the business. but, he found athletes and developed them into players, many who went on to play in the pros. PP was a terrible recruiter and terrible developer of talent. Diaco? I can't imagine his BS plays well after a 2-win season and I saw almost nothing last year to say any player developed. but it was one year. We will know more after this season.

I doubt Nick Saban could get a top 20 class to Storrs, playing in the AAC with home games in front of 8k people. RE's model is the one every coach in new england should stock to. Find linemen who are smart and can develop, build around that, and find enough athletes to run the ball well and tackle effectively. if you a re lucky enough to get a good QB, then maybe you can crack the top 25.
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Horrors! Are you suggesting UConn follow the Chestnut Hill strategy? Prepare to be severely reprimanded.
 
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