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[MizzouMark]

Gidnik, on 06 February 2013 - 11:22 PM, said:

not sure why kirby smart would ever consider mizzouri

We pay Pinkel pretty good, We're the only FBS school in the state, he gets to stay in the SEC, and last season was our first season to have less than 8 wins in like 7 years so generally we are stable and the fan base is content with 7-10 win seasons so not as much stress as other high profile jobs.

[Gidnik]

yea, i agree with all of that. however i dont think that kirby smart is happy with being mediocre. i dont think he goes somewhere until he gets an offer for a place he can win big

[GatorUnvrsty]

UT didn't have the kind of close I think most of the fans expected.

They seemed pretty confident about several big names for today, and it just never seemed to happen for them... never got rolling.

They got a pretty good QB though, from what I understand. Still, ending up ranked 10th or worse in the SEC behind Vandy on most sites can't be very gratifying.

[bbqit]

Look y'all, I will say yesterday was fun for me but stars isn't where it all is. It is how players develop. That can be from coaching or the kid him self. P Willie was a 3 star. Dexter Mc was a 2 star. Bret shaffer was a 5 star. Signing day is really just like a Ken-L-Ration commercial. "my dog's better than your dog" crap. Players are out there, they don't all get stars due to a lot of things and let your coach do his work.

[Hothotz]

TheRealBrave, on 06 February 2013 - 07:08 PM, said:

Georgia Tech

Thats the truth. Georgia Tech is not even going to have enough people to play in the next few years. I would be all for Reggie coming back to school though!

[TheRealBrave]

Georgie Tech only signed like 13 players, none of them better than a 3*

Edited by TheRealBrave, 07 February 2013 - 11:28 AM.

[UK4Life]

TheRealBrave, on 07 February 2013 - 11:28 AM, said:

Georgie Tech only signed like 13 players, none of them better than a 3*

Doesn't sound like a very competitive rivalry

[The Playmaker]

Most impressive: Kentucky- a couple months for Stoops and turns a bottom tier football program to a near top 25 class. very impressive.
Worst in SEC: Missouri- didn't really capitalize on SEC move, missed out on some guys late, a lot of 3 stars but that's it.
Worst overall: USC- lost guys left and right in the final days. Kiffin known as a recruiter gets killed, he'll be out soon.

[GatorUnvrsty]

The Playmaker, on 07 February 2013 - 12:40 PM, said:

Most impressive: Kentucky- a couple months for Stoops and turns a bottom tier football program to a near top 25 class. very impressive.
Worst in SEC: Missouri- didn't really capitalize on SEC move, missed out on some guys late, a lot of 3 stars but that's it.
Worst overall: USC- lost guys left and right in the final days. Kiffin known as a recruiter gets killed, he'll be out soon.

Agree for the most part. I think if you measure it by expectations of a program UT might have done worse than Mizzou.

Mizzou is a new player around here and they'll have to establish some recruiting trails before they start rolling in recruiting. The other new guy on the block, TAMU, has its talent-rich home state to keep it from suffering the same fate.

But UT, as an SEC original and one of the more historically successful programs in our conference, shouldn't be recruiting this poorly. They've had a lot of chaos and setbacks recently that certainly mitigate their recent recruiting shortcomings; but I never thought I'd see the day when UT would be this low. One would think they should be more attractive to top prospects than they have been.

Agree about Kiffin too. He lost 6 guys in the week or so leading up to NSD, and they were all blue-chippers. That might not seem like a big deal at first glance, until you realize that, because of sanctions, they only had 12-15 commitments to start with. So they lost nearly half of their class in the last week; and it was a class that was ranked in the Top 3 only a month ago despite having a dozen commits to their peers' 2 dozen.

And with Kiffin, all you get with him is recruiting; he has to have run out of folks to fool into thinking he can actually coach... no more eyes to pull the wool over. That being the case, if he's now faltering in recruiting too, there's no point in having him around... his days are numbered.

[A10Rebel]

I believe San Jose State is on suicide watch for the worst day yesterday...assuming there's anyone left from last season's recruiting year to off themselves.

[Mizzou_Fan]

domains1, on 06 February 2013 - 11:08 PM, said:

You'd have to say Missouri.  An established coach and a year removed from signing the nations top prospect and decent class.   Did they forget to use the "Hey we're in the SEC now." recruiting pitch?

Pinkel was still pitching for the Big 12 and all of the recruits thought that he was dumb because he didn't know what conference he was in.

[bbqit]

GatorUnvrsty, on 07 February 2013 - 02:09 PM, said:

But UT, as an SEC original and one of the more historically successful programs in our conference, shouldn't be recruiting this poorly. They've had a lot of chaos and setbacks recently that certainly mitigate their recent recruiting shortcomings; but I never thought I'd see the day when UT would be this low. One would think they should be more attractive to top prospects than they have been.

Tenn is still doing it old school and its not working with the kids. Ya just can't go in there saying "We are Tenn" and have it work anymore. Too many other schools are busting their butts to get these recruits and they don't think like they did just 5 or 10 years ago. Recruiting is a new world now and ya got to adapt or die.

[UK4Life]

Taking a recruit away from Kiffin was gratifying and unexpected. Why a recruit would choose UK over USCw is pretty crazy, but i guess Hatcher would rather play for Stoops than Kiffin. That's a good sign for UK.

It would be hilarious if they had another busted season.

Edited by UK4Life, 07 February 2013 - 05:41 PM.

[bbqit]

UK4Life, on 07 February 2013 - 05:39 PM, said:

Taking a recruit away from Kiffin was gratifying and unexpected. Why a recruit would choose UK over USCw is pretty crazy, but i guess Hatcher would rather play for Stoops than Kiffin. That's a good sign for UK.

It would be hilarious if they had another busted season.

easy decision for me. stoops or kiffin?

[GatorUnvrsty]

bbqit, on 07 February 2013 - 05:35 PM, said:

Tenn is still doing it old school and its not working with the kids. Ya just can't go in there saying "We are Tenn" and have it work anymore. Too many other schools are busting their butts to get these recruits and they don't think like they did just 5 or 10 years ago. Recruiting is a new world now and ya got to adapt or die.

Reminds me of Champ's repeat of a classic coaching quote... "Recruiting's kind of like shaving. If you don't do it every day, you look like a bum.".