What is it you really care about when you complain about or cheer the Star rating that comes with a player?
Keep in mind I have no one here in mind and am not saying anyone here thinks a certain way. I am genuinely asking. So, feel free to respond in any manner of your choosing.
Is it that you just like for your team to "win the Internet/ off season" awards and get some national recognition regardless of how genuine those ratings are?
Do you put stock into the Rivals/ ESPN and other ratings groups more than the average D1 position coach judging the talent they need?
Do you want a 5 star if you know the 2 star is better? Or do you want the 2 star, even though you know your team is going to catch hell for looking dumb?
Personally, I believe the Star system is incredibly flawed. Almost meaningless. Kind of like anGolden Glove in MLB (Palmiero won. Golden Glove as a DH one year playing only 29 games in the field- useless).
I mean, if a kid doesn't receive a star rating until he lands a couple offers, that should tell you that the people who watched the film of the player or saw him at the camp/ combine, didn't see what the SEC coach who offered him saw leading the SEC teams to offer him. And then and only then does the player magically get a star rating. Well, what's the point of employing people to do this?
Do you realize how often this happens? A DE or RB's great film has been out there for months and he gets zero publicity then suddenly a coach comes by to see him, watches the film, makes an offer and then more offers happen. All of a sudden, 3 weeks later, that kid is a 3 STAR Did he suddenly get better? No. Still the same kid with all the same tools. That rating company just decided that they would just take the word of Tennessee or UF or NCSt. And all of a sudden, the kid that they thought was a turd three weeks ago, suddenly has a magical three star rating. I mean what kind of formula that they use for that? Nothing.
Star ratings hurt your team, IMO, as well. If you're an assistant coach or coordinator and you're trying to build up your resume, and you know that the 2 Star LB in you area is WAY better than the 4 Star LB, what are you going to do? 8 out of 10 of them are going to take the worse player with the higher ranking just to prop himself up to the people on Twitter and set himself up for his next job as a "great recruiter".
Without admitting it, I think we have a lot of people in Gator Nation who just want to say "We have a top 10 recruiting class" without caring or not who is actually in it. I know a couple of them.
Keep in mind I have no one here in mind and am not saying anyone here thinks a certain way. I am genuinely asking. So, feel free to respond in any manner of your choosing.
Is it that you just like for your team to "win the Internet/ off season" awards and get some national recognition regardless of how genuine those ratings are?
Do you put stock into the Rivals/ ESPN and other ratings groups more than the average D1 position coach judging the talent they need?
Do you want a 5 star if you know the 2 star is better? Or do you want the 2 star, even though you know your team is going to catch hell for looking dumb?
Personally, I believe the Star system is incredibly flawed. Almost meaningless. Kind of like anGolden Glove in MLB (Palmiero won. Golden Glove as a DH one year playing only 29 games in the field- useless).
I mean, if a kid doesn't receive a star rating until he lands a couple offers, that should tell you that the people who watched the film of the player or saw him at the camp/ combine, didn't see what the SEC coach who offered him saw leading the SEC teams to offer him. And then and only then does the player magically get a star rating. Well, what's the point of employing people to do this?
Do you realize how often this happens? A DE or RB's great film has been out there for months and he gets zero publicity then suddenly a coach comes by to see him, watches the film, makes an offer and then more offers happen. All of a sudden, 3 weeks later, that kid is a 3 STAR Did he suddenly get better? No. Still the same kid with all the same tools. That rating company just decided that they would just take the word of Tennessee or UF or NCSt. And all of a sudden, the kid that they thought was a turd three weeks ago, suddenly has a magical three star rating. I mean what kind of formula that they use for that? Nothing.
Star ratings hurt your team, IMO, as well. If you're an assistant coach or coordinator and you're trying to build up your resume, and you know that the 2 Star LB in you area is WAY better than the 4 Star LB, what are you going to do? 8 out of 10 of them are going to take the worse player with the higher ranking just to prop himself up to the people on Twitter and set himself up for his next job as a "great recruiter".
Without admitting it, I think we have a lot of people in Gator Nation who just want to say "We have a top 10 recruiting class" without caring or not who is actually in it. I know a couple of them.
