They should just rate JUCO guys separately which I think they essentially do. But they just need to do a better job of rating them. They just don't pay attention to it because most football programs don't recruit as many as we do.
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JJ Jones put out he Top 5 a little while ago and we are in it. We have a shot at him? Claims offers from Georgia, Tennessee, SC, and UNC.
Seems like 2022 and some good front seven defensive prospects to go along with the 2021 secondary prospects.
Y'all still worried about this staff's ability to recruit?? LOL
Don't go there.
We all talked about how great Moorhead's recruiting was as well & there wasn't a penny's worth a difference between Joe's recruiting Mullen's.
Wait until the final ratings come out before deciding how good of recruiters this staff is, although that will be tough this year with the lack of ratings.
I am encouraged that their recruiting does seem to be far better than some feared due to the recruiting rankings at Wazzou
I still believe Moorhead was a great recruiter. Last year was one of the worst classes for top end talent in Mississippi - which is our bread and butter - and he still ranked near the top of where Mullen did even in better years. Further, he did that with a disillusioned fan base, which is no help.
The guy was not ready to be a SEC head coach, but he was a better recruiter than Mullen.
You could also argue that the previous year was the best recruiting class the state of Mississippi ever had, and he managed to let most of the big fish go out of state with OM under probation. There's no doubt Joe tried harder than Mullen and his staff. They put way more effort into it. But other than landing a few prospects that Mullen wouldn't have, I don't think it made that much of a difference. We're always going to recruit in the 20-30 range. I expect the same with Leach unless we just start taking the West by storm, which isn't impossible I guess
Moorhead wasn't a great recruiter. He just worked harder and was more involved than Mullen. He was more likable as well (recruiting wise).
I disagree - there was a lot angst about "Leach doesn't care about recruiting" and "these guys haven't recruited in the SEC" etc.
Everything we have seen so far blows those theories out of the water. So now the default is "we won't know until the ranking come out". This isn't about rankings - it's about is this staff out there hitting it hard, pulling in obvious talent, filling our needs, and getting SEC caliber players or guys they feel will develop. Everything they are showing checks all the boxes. You are correct that we won't know the class results - but to me they are showing that they are at least as competent as the last two staffs about how they approach the job.
You can’t judge Moorhead on that loaded 18 class. Those relationships start being built with many of those elite guys when they are 9th and 10th graders. He had a year.
Are you seriously comparing what Mullen had to sell in his first three years vs what Moorhead had to sell?
Additionally, the recruiting sites rate far more players now which leads to many of those "under the Radar" types now being rated as high 3 stars, which leads to a boost in the rankings.