themistocles
02-19-2013, 09:58 AM
I know this has been discussed before, but I would like to emphasize that now, following 3 years of evidence I feel safe in concluding that Muschamp is a very, very good closer (admittedly, this year's haul was surely influenced by the very strong 11-2 season),.
Admittedly, we don't know how well most of his team's recruits will turn out yet, but the likelihood is, given their ratings, that they will turn out pretty well.
Anway, in 2012 - the Gatos landed Fowler on signing day, no small feat, and, although there were a couple of defections, relative to the overall class, they were not very important.
In 2013 - from Jan 1 to signing day, the only lost commit was Hearns, who was dumped by UF's misguided Admissions Office, as were desired commits Daniel and Swanson. On or after signing day this year, the Gators landed Reed (Bama wanted him), Bostwick (several wanted him), Townsend (OSU & BAMA both wanted this 200 lb, sub 4.6 40 punter who played QB and Safety at times), and finally, Young, the 6'5", 265 lb, quick-footed kid who has only been playing football for 2 years (this kid is a project, but he has an enormous upside with proper training).
In 2014 - as of two weeks after signing day, the Gators already have 7 commits and likely will have more over the next few weeks due to their multiple Junior days.
Now, historically, I have always considered Mac Brown and Urban Meyer to be about the best recruitersI have seen. The fact that Texas recruiting has dropped quite a bit since Muschamp left, while the Gator's recruiting has remained very strong, suggests that Mushcamp was handling quite a bit of recruiting for Texas.
I now put Muschamp in there with those two (some might consider Lane Kiffin a great recruiter, but I liken him to Calipari at Ky in BB, where I seriously think that money is changing hands much of the time. Cali was a pretty good recruiter at Memphis, but somehow, at Ky, his recruiting jumped through the ROOF - Ky has a ton of wealthy BB boosters who do things like offering Knight's mother a $125,000 per year job if he signs with Ky - this is not "illegal" because theoretically, the BB coaches and school had nothing to do with it, but it is certainly unethical).
Admittedly, we don't know how well most of his team's recruits will turn out yet, but the likelihood is, given their ratings, that they will turn out pretty well.
Anway, in 2012 - the Gatos landed Fowler on signing day, no small feat, and, although there were a couple of defections, relative to the overall class, they were not very important.
In 2013 - from Jan 1 to signing day, the only lost commit was Hearns, who was dumped by UF's misguided Admissions Office, as were desired commits Daniel and Swanson. On or after signing day this year, the Gators landed Reed (Bama wanted him), Bostwick (several wanted him), Townsend (OSU & BAMA both wanted this 200 lb, sub 4.6 40 punter who played QB and Safety at times), and finally, Young, the 6'5", 265 lb, quick-footed kid who has only been playing football for 2 years (this kid is a project, but he has an enormous upside with proper training).
In 2014 - as of two weeks after signing day, the Gators already have 7 commits and likely will have more over the next few weeks due to their multiple Junior days.
Now, historically, I have always considered Mac Brown and Urban Meyer to be about the best recruitersI have seen. The fact that Texas recruiting has dropped quite a bit since Muschamp left, while the Gator's recruiting has remained very strong, suggests that Mushcamp was handling quite a bit of recruiting for Texas.
I now put Muschamp in there with those two (some might consider Lane Kiffin a great recruiter, but I liken him to Calipari at Ky in BB, where I seriously think that money is changing hands much of the time. Cali was a pretty good recruiter at Memphis, but somehow, at Ky, his recruiting jumped through the ROOF - Ky has a ton of wealthy BB boosters who do things like offering Knight's mother a $125,000 per year job if he signs with Ky - this is not "illegal" because theoretically, the BB coaches and school had nothing to do with it, but it is certainly unethical).