(02-14-2011 04:02 PM)NIU1981 Wrote:  Interesting article about how Texas has seen their talent slip in part because they're in the habit of signing virtually their entire recruiting class before they play their senior season:

http://www.statesman.com/sports/longhorn...50376.html

I don't think it says anywhere in that article about specifically seeing a dropoff in recruiting because of junior commitments.

Texas can get anybody they want in Texas. Heck, they could drop all the scholarships from the kids they had committed from their junior year and offer schollies to 25 other players if they chose to. I'm using hyperbole, but this has more to do with getting the right players to fit the "system" that Texas has and developing that talent.

Now Greg Davis had some sort of "system", but it only worked when Vince Young was at the helm. They had no OL that could run block whatsoever the past couple years. Obviously, things blew up in Mack Brown's face and he's had to change a ton of things around.

I guess the point I'm trying to make is that recruiting a player when he's a junior or a senior is almost irrelevant, since a stud player is going to be a stud player no matter what. Texas failed at basic talent evaluation as a whole. Just look all around college football, most kids in Illinois commit early to programs and that's why Doeren couldn't land too many players in the land of lincoln.

Oh and the fact that Greg Davis can be blamed for the majority of what went wrong at UT last year. They've got Boise's OC and a stud RB coming in. We'll see.

Sorry for the rant, I just listen to this stuff every day down here.