On Stars

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by jay santos

Do you feel our recruiting classes are drastically underrated due to the stars systems, honestly?

Of course it's not perfect, but a reasonably logical fellow like yourself that understands data and stats, I have a hard time believing you buy into it.

We go after guys in major markets all the time. Seattle, Phoenix, Portland, NoCal, SoCal, Texas, Denver. Utah is getting more and more attention from these services.

When we do go after a four star recruit we butt heads with USC and Florida. When we go after a low end 4 star or high end three star, we go up against the Oregons and Colorados. To buy into this concept that we actually do have better recruiting classes than these guys, you would have to believe that every other coaching staff is stupid and lazy and we're the only smart ones.

I'm saying that we recruit enough players from enough lower profile regions that it can result in enough under ranking to make the difference between 30th or 40th and 60th. Certainly the large discrepancy between recruiting rankings and performance based national top 25 rankings lends at least a little credibility to the notion that many BYU players are not being adequately evaluated.