(08-01-2013 02:39 PM)marcuscan Wrote:  

(08-01-2013 02:10 PM)Racinejake Wrote:  MC,

I hear what you are saying and there's a lot of it that I agree with. It comes down to whether we can continue to be the exception to the rule and outperform our recruiting rankings on the field. There are only a handful of programs that have been able to consistently do that. At the individual level, the star ratings don't determine success or failure. But the numbers have consistently backed up that the % of 5 stars that are successful are higher than the % of 4 stars that are higher than the % of 3 stars that are higher than the % of 2 stars. We've been fortunate to have some good coaching that has allowed us to maximize the talent we did have and minimize some of the talent gaps we had. Whether Tuberville can do that remains to be seen but hopefully so.

Part of me thought we could leverage our recent success and bring in even better talent than we have the last several years. And whatever our recruiting ranking is, it's more upsetting that we're losing out to a lot of "Plan A" guys to teams that we either have or would have mopped the field with over the last half a decade or so.

I mos def 'get it,' and pretty much agree with your sentiment. It absolutely makes intuitive sense. We've been quite fortunate over the past decade.

With that said, were we heading in to this season with Coach "last year the darling of the MAC" I would be much more cautious. TT & the gang in tow changes all this.....at least in my humble opinion. As such I am comfy. I think it's fair to surmise that we're in good hands at the moment and at least for the next few years.....conference affiliation be damn.



mc

I completely agree with both of you and think this perceived "drop off in talent" is only temporary. When Tuberville establishes that he can win at Cincinnati (which he should with this cupcake schedule), the Nippert Stadium renovation continues as planned, he and the staff get a better handle for the recruits in the Cincinnati area, we'll see the Bearcats again bring in recruits with 5-10 BCS level offers.