Quote Originally Posted by engie View Post
I think it's just annoying because last year showed flashes of us being able to take another step forward in recruiting above what Mullen has done here thusfar -- and even if we actually do manage to close strong -- this year will be a step back from that class. It's like we have fallen asleep at the wheel to an extent. I want and expect to see us outwork everyone else, especially with how the season ended, and I haven't seen it thusfar. We've managed something like 12 decommits in this class already. Regardless of how and why, that's an insane number, to be no more highly rated than we currently are regardless of how we end up.

We can't keep having one good class followed by one subpar class and expect to take another step forward. The class of 2013 is a bust. And 2015 already has more contributors than 2014. 6 of the top 7 in the c/o 2012 panned out. 3 of the top 12 in the class of 2013 have panned out thusfar. That's insane. And it highlights the hole in the team going forward.

And hence my concern because we're looking at a situation where the underclassmen are clearly more talented than the upperclassmen -- which leads to me banging my head against the wall.
I can understand that. I just don't get as bent about rankings as others do. We do need to address areas with this class and they are out there for the close. And if we do our avg rank per player will probably be very close to last year's but the number may hurt the final standings if we only take 20-22 players even if the avg ranking per player is the same. If it stays about where we are right now it still would put us around the Top 25 with player ratings avg. However would like to see a strong close.