Honestly our recruiting class sucks. You have over exagerated this class in your mind. I also almost did it. Then Relized that the experts who have seen these kids ranked us at number 12 out of 12 in the big 12. That is not good. It's also really nothing to be excited about. Leo Johnson sounds good but he is one of our best recruits and he is a 3 star recruit with a few other BCS teams that wanted him.
Not saying that Chizik and Company won't start getting better classes but in all honesty, This one sucks on Paper my friends. Not quite sure what you guys are looking at and I hope they play very well when they get here. But to say we did good compared to other schools is wrong.
Couple of items to disagree about....
For a new coach, you have to establish recruiting channels to get the inside track and excel at landing not only recruits today, but also in the future if your connections are good. I think our staff is developing those ties to several schools in Florida and Texas and can anyone really argue with the two states that produce the most D-1 talent....
IMO our class has some talent, but, i think they're recruiting guys they know need work to be very good D1 players. Like we've said so many times, you can teach someone how to read and react, you cannot teach someone speed. I think were recruiting very talented lineman and regardless of your thoughts, you win in the trenches, everything else is toppings....
I also see one thing which is what we need to do that Coach Mac did very little of....Your OL and DL recruits definately need to redshirt.....very few will walk in as a starter and if they do, thats not saying a lot about your returners....The physique of a 18 year old eating at McDonalds is not the same as a 19-20 year working out with a S&C coach and eating refined meals....
Coach Shep will generate a physical team, that i'm not worried about because we've already seen this to be true.
Our class is all about potential.....Our coaches have made the decision to pick up 2-3* athletes and coach them.....4-5* athletes come in with the baggage of being a "STUD" and we've seen out east that those guys are not always the better players.....
Fear not, let the class play out.....If your sitting in the recruiting room with our staff and they say were getting players we didnt want, well then i will get concerned...maybe our coaches have an ability to judge talent....(i.e. two coaches Jimmy Johnson, Bill Parcels - both of them are known for their ability to see players that know how to play each in their own way) These two guys would take lower rated guys and turn them into superstars.....Not saying Chiz and his staff are either, but, both those coaches were selecting players based on talent and at that level, they have departments that handle that stuff so how do these two have the ability to see it before anyone else....its a gift, the ability to see something that someone else does not see...
I will hold my judgement until these guys are on the field and getting whipped....then i will say, wow we had a bad class....