(08-03-2023 03:52 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  clt says the portal is the fast way to upgrade in 2023. so let's talk croots

84.44

83.50

one is Charlotte and the other one is eCu

I doubt that is where either of us ends. We'll have the rug pulled out from under us on a couple of recruits, we'll pick up some others that flip, we're a long way from the home stretch.

Side note: I also think the recruiting scoring needs to be re-engineered. It makes sense in certain aspects, but not others.

Examples:
1) The average rating is only the average of players with 3+ stars. So if a team has ten recruits, with five 85's and five 83's, they have an 84 average. Another team with ten recruits, with nine 0's and one 85, has an 85 average. Doesn't make a ton of sense.

2) I sort of get the overall score. A lot of recruits at the 3-star level are flashes in the pan. So I get that idea that simply having 10 guys in the low 80's might be better than having just 2 88's. Kind of the Bill Belichick method. Stack draft picks, then see who you have later. With all that said, some classes are bigger than others. Team 2 in the example might only have a handful of spots to fill.

With those two in mind, it seems like it would make sense to A) incorporate 0-star recruits into the average, and B) layer in available slots based on class size.

Adjusting for those items, you can kind of tell who is under-over ranked in the current numbers.

Over: ECU - only 10 of our 17 recruits have a 3+ star(composite) rating

Under: SMU - only signed 8 recruits, but 4 are 3-star and 2 are 4-star. They are cleaning up so far.