Lamar Peters

[maroonmania]

Nope but at the time people acted like we had just lost Lebron.

He certainly wasn't Lebron but was an all-SEC type player his last couple years (1st team all-SEC in 2011), so let's not act like he wouldn't have been a significant contributor for us had we gotten him.

[Ifyouonlyknew]

He certainly wasn't Lebron but was an all-SEC type player his last couple years (1st team all-SEC in 2011), so let's not act like he wouldn't have been a significant contributor for us had we gotten him.

I didn't say he wasn't good but he wasn't what everyone thought he'd be. People expected him to dominate from day 1 & he had 2 solid years & 1 really good year.

[smootness]

I wish they wouldn't have numerical ratings at all. Even if it's due to using some kind of formula, it's inherently going to be contrived to some degree. I remember seeing somewhere a while back that the stars actually stand for things, something like:

5 star - immediate impact
4 star - future starter, first year player
3 star - quality depth, redshirt candidate
2 star - project, questionable D1 player

So if that's generally assumed, why also throw a numerical rating into the mix in which one point can mean the difference between two very distinct designations, when that's probably not accurate in reality? I think they should just use stars, seems like that would be plenty to satisfy the fans that are so in love with recruiting rankings and evaluations.

It seems like you're actually advocating for removing the star system and just using a numerical rating. If your issue is that an 89 is a 3-star and a slightly better recruit at 90 gets an entire extra star, then how would only seeing one as a 3 and the other as a 4 help? At least with the numerical ratings added, you can see that they believe the two players are very similar, where under a star-only system, you would see them as entirely different recruits.

But honestly, who cares? I will never understand why fans take the star system so seriously. It's an easy way to throw ratings on recruits/prospects, and it's supposed to be mostly fun. If a person is genuinely upset that a certain player is one rating and not another, I would suggest taking a break from any recruiting sites for a good 2 years.