A year in review in Oxford

[FlabLoser]

Today, I present you this Feb 2013 post from ColonelJohnSartoris of NAFOOM:

http://nafoom.yuku.com/topic/44834/Looks-like-Jones-is-ours#.URFmdaWdO5I


The Tippy Tate fans were laughing themselves to sleep thinking our class was falling apart because we were losing Daniel. Turns out, they were one of the final teams in on Elijah Daniel when he selected Ole Miss. Now, we cherry-picked Jones from their class which has caused Daniel to sour on us and go to Auburn since we've upgraded. MSU could've ended up with 2 stud DEs and now they'll have none all while thinking we were falling apart.

[rbdog82]

Poor ol' Tippy Tate.

I'd say it worked out ok for us.

[FISHDAWG]

his crystal ball must have had a crack in it **

[FlabLoser]

He Wallaced that crystal ball.

[C222]

Today, I present you this Feb 2013 post from ColonelJohnSartoris of NAFOOM:

http://nafoom.yuku.com/topic/44834/Looks-like-Jones-is-ours#.URFmdaWdO5I

He's one of the people that comes over here and creates user names just to troll. Add that on top of him using the words "Tippy Tate" and.....wow, what a complete loser.

[Political Hack]

He Wallaced that crystal ball.

eggcellent.

[BossDawg]

My God those people are clinically distorted about everything. I just can't wrap my brain around how a group of people can be so full of themselves.

[thunderclap]

It's recruiting. It's the only thing they can claim to win because it's intangible. Things like scores of games are uninteresting to them.

[Jack Lambert]

I just think it comes down to coaching. Look at the classes and look where they finished this year. I would rather have a team full of 2, 3 and 4 stars with a good coach then what florida or Tenn has.

Florida's Recruiting classes according to rivals going back to 2009. This year they finished 4 and 8
2009-#11
2010-#2
2011-#12
2012-#3
2013-#4
Average-#6.4

Tenn Recruiting classes according to rivals going back to 2009. This year they finished 5 and 7
2009-#10
2010-#9
2011-#13
2012-#17
20130#21
Average-#14

Vandy's Recruiting classes according to rivals going back to 2009. This year they finished 8 and 4
2009-#71
2010-#61
2011-#71
2012-#29
2013-#19
Average-#50.2

[WinningIsRelentless]

I just think it comes down to coaching. Look at the classes and look where they finished this year. I would rather have a team full of 2, 3 and 4 stars with a good coach then what florida or Tenn has.

Florida's Recruiting classes according to rivals going back to 2009. This year they finished 4 and 8
2009-#11
2010-#2
2011-#12
2012-#3
2013-#4
Average-#6.4

Tenn Recruiting classes according to rivals going back to 2009. This year they finished 5 and 7
2009-#10
2010-#9
2011-#13
2012-#17
20130#21
Average-#14

Vandy's Recruiting classes according to rivals going back to 2009. This year they finished 8 and 4
2009-#71
2010-#61
2011-#71
2012-#29
2013-#19
Average-#50.2

No it has to do with people believing everything they read on the internet. If it's on the internet it must be true, right? If the so called experts were so good at evaluating they would be making a whole hell of a lot money as a college coach, pro scout or gm. Perfect example is banks and Calhoun and hell you could throw jones in the mix also.

[WinningIsRelentless]

Let coaches evaluate the talent and not some wanna be expert

[Schultzy]

I just think it comes down to coaching. Look at the classes and look where they finished this year. I would rather have a team full of 2, 3 and 4 stars with a good coach then what florida or Tenn has.

Florida's Recruiting classes according to rivals going back to 2009. This year they finished 4 and 8
2009-#11
2010-#2
2011-#12
2012-#3
2013-#4
Average-#6.4

Tenn Recruiting classes according to rivals going back to 2009. This year they finished 5 and 7
2009-#10
2010-#9
2011-#13
2012-#17
20130#21
Average-#14

Vandy's Recruiting classes according to rivals going back to 2009. This year they finished 8 and 4
2009-#71
2010-#61
2011-#71
2012-#29
2013-#19
Average-#50.2

Damn good stuff right there, Jack.

[sandwolf]

I just think it comes down to coaching. Look at the classes and look where they finished this year. I would rather have a team full of 2, 3 and 4 stars with a good coach then what florida or Tenn has.

Florida's Recruiting classes according to rivals going back to 2009. This year they finished 4 and 8
2009-#11
2010-#2
2011-#12
2012-#3
2013-#4
Average-#6.4

Tenn Recruiting classes according to rivals going back to 2009. This year they finished 5 and 7
2009-#10
2010-#9
2011-#13
2012-#17
20130#21
Average-#14

Vandy's Recruiting classes according to rivals going back to 2009. This year they finished 8 and 4
2009-#71
2010-#61
2011-#71
2012-#29
2013-#19
Average-#50.2

I agree that talent doesn't mean shit if you don't have a good coach.......but even with a great coach, you have to have talent to consistently succeed at a high level.

Just for the sake of the discussion, I looked up the recruiting rankings for the top 5 teams in the BCS standings:

BCS #1 - FSU
Recruiting Class Rankings (per Scout):
2009-#18
2010-#9
2011-#1
2012-#11
2013-#16
Average-#11.0

BCS #2 - Ohio State
Recruiting Class Rankings (per Scout):
2009-#1
2010-#20
2011-#6
2012-#3
2013-#1
Average-#6.2

BCS #3 - Auburn
Recruiting Class Rankings (per Scout):
2009-#16
2010-#6
2011-#2
2012-#8
2013-#14
Average-#9.2

BCS #4 - Alabama
Recruiting Class Rankings (per Scout):
2009-#2
2010-#4
2011-#7
2012-#2
2013-#4
Average-#3.8

BCS #5 - Mizzou
Recruiting Class Rankings (per Scout):
2009-#38
2010-#27
2011-#47
2012-#34
2013-#36
Average-#36.4