Star check

[shof]

_ Thank you. You will almost see a two star allocation given to a recruit whether he has been evaluated or not. It's almost a default setting. Going from zero to two stars means nothing. _

Exactly. It's an automatic when signed by a FBS level team. Similarly, you see many Juco players get 3 stars right off the bat too.

[MissingMandy]

_ I guess a huge part missing in this discussion is who decides how many stars and how the system works to determine how many stars-----another thing is whether some may have something to gain from it---say I am a "star giver" and I want to attract attention to some local kid----I have already mentioned that it was hard for me to tell the better players in high school and where they would project in college----but I have seen underrated kids come in a college program and out preform guys with higher ratings-----Besides God who gives us the stars????? _

I was friends with a guy at Rivals (I will withhold the name) who ran the Louisiana prep area. When Kp was being recruited he told me that there is actually a couple of guys who look at the tape and decide on the stars. It isn't a fair system and only a rough idea of how a player will play down the road. It's unfortunate that so much emphasis is placed on that rating system.

[DrumRoll]

_ I was friends with a guy at Rivals (I will withhold the name) who ran the Louisiana prep area. When Kp was being recruited he told me that there is actually a couple of guys who look at the tape and decide on the stars. It isn't a fair system and only a rough idea of how a player will play down the road. It's unfortunate that so much emphasis is placed on that rating system. _

Not to contradict what you are saying, but to point out something that may not be obvious, 4 and 5 STAR athletes submitted Sophomore tape. This is the dirty little secret:

1) Not all schools have game film available.
2) Very few know where to send it.
3) Nobody even bothers speaking with anyone at a HS with a losing record.
4) It's nobodies responsibilty to do any of this at 90% of the HS's out there, so it's not done.
5) Players and parents are usually completely in the dark and do not start asking questions until their senior season arrives.
6) Players with connections that know this needs to be done, on teams that have film available, are pre-marketed in almost every instance.
7) Local affiliate recruiting service sites that are aligned with specific large fan bases have the stroke to get a kid reviewed early and graded favorably, so their recruits for their affiliated team, are ranked higher.
8) Last but not least, some kids play out of position or in a scheme that does not promote their talents, a WR in the Veer or a RB in the Spread, etc.

This is the system folks, it is what it is. What it means is, TOP 25 Teams have the most subscribers so they have the system engaged and their recruits appear to be ranked higher. The truth is, their recruits are, because they have done the right things to make sure it happens.

Sure, there are exceptions, but this is how the system works.

THE MYTH? The myth is that fans think recruiting services get film on every player from every school and actually review it and rank players based on talent. This simply does not happen.

It's more like the Rivals or Scout guy hears that Coach Saban was at XYZ HS, follows up with the HS coach to see who he spoke with, and the HS coach provides information on the player for a profile to be started...

[anhil8tor]

For those that care... rivals updated their page today:

[CajunT]

_ For those that care... rivals updated their page today: _

Notice Rivals doesn't have all UL's commitments. All the programs at the top of the list have Rival sites.

[anhil8tor]

_ Notice Rivals doesn't have all UL's commitments. All the programs at the top of the list have Rival sites. _

Sactly what I emailed my "LSU buddy"... I told him we have 13 commits not 8. Apparently he is a member of that site. I also emailed him back congratulations for being in the oversigning cup running.

[CajunT]

_ Sactly what I emailed my "LSU buddy"... I told him we have 13 commits not 8. Apparently he is a member of that site. I also emailed him back congratulations for being in the oversigning cup running. _

There are two guys that are involved with Rivals in Louisiana, one runs the HS site and the other runs another programs site. Neither care about UL.