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Leveling Down Update

YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,347 Founders Club
edited September 2023 in Hardcore Husky Board
Looks like we're down to 27 x 4 Stars "In Progress"

https://247sports.com/Season/2018-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite/

Only Clempson has won the whole thing in the CFP era with less than the magic number or 40 (they had 39 in 2016).

TCU has 17 last year. I don't recall were Oregon was in 2014 but it was low 30's, right?

Can UW be the first to do it with well below 40? We had 21 in 2016 including 4 star QB Jake Browning.
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  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,347 Founders Club

    I used to think I understood recruiting and star rankings but I just don’t. I’ve given up.

    I can't tell the difference between 3 and 4 stars anymore.

    And I assume any 5 star we get (from WA state) will probably suck.
  • chuckchuck Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 10,999 Swaye's Wigwam



    I used to think I understood recruiting and star rankings but I just don’t. I’ve given up.

    I can't tell the difference between 3 and 4 stars anymore.

    And I assume any 5 star we get (from WA state) will probably suck.
    At most positions, and in most cases, 3* from anywhere in the country > 4* from the west coast (not just Wa). It's harder for great prospects to hide out in the West so you don't get as many underrated, surprise 3*. This staff seems to do a great job of finding and recruiting guys from the Midwest and South and are building some good depth on the DL and D backfield that way.
  • fivehundredmileDAWGfivehundredmileDAWG Member Posts: 1,212
    This staff has the portal dialed …

    They will recruit to the system and then supplement with high talent in portal that also fits system. Then tilt the system slightly to meet talent if necessary …
  • fivehundredmileDAWGfivehundredmileDAWG Member Posts: 1,212
    Long ways to go, but I am beginning to see the possibility of the mold being broken
  • WoolleyDoogWoolleyDoog Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 3,483 Swaye's Wigwam
    chuck said:



    I used to think I understood recruiting and star rankings but I just don’t. I’ve given up.

    I can't tell the difference between 3 and 4 stars anymore.

    And I assume any 5 star we get (from WA state) will probably suck.
    At most positions, and in most cases, 3* from anywhere in the country > 4* from the west coast (not just Wa). It's harder for great prospects to hide out in the West so you don't get as many underrated, surprise 3*. This staff seems to do a great job of finding and recruiting guys from the Midwest and South and are building some good depth on the DL and D backfield that way.
    I've mostly put on the recruiting board that the 4 star west coast and especially WA recruits really seemed to have fallen off a cliff. As has under the radar guys. We're seeing way less missed instate guys blowing up at WSU or OSU or even like Cal or Boise. I think demographic shifts are killing the region. Hopefully Landen Hatchett, Denzel Boston, Tristan Dunn, and Jacob Lane types prove me wrong. Stand by JTT being pretty overrated too.
  • DoogmanRefundDoogmanRefund Member Posts: 863



    I used to think I understood recruiting and star rankings but I just don’t. I’ve given up.

    I can't tell the difference between 3 and 4 stars anymore.

    And I assume any 5 star we get (from WA state) will probably suck.
    Was Reggie Williams the last 5 star who went to UW and actually played like one?
  • DoogmanRefundDoogmanRefund Member Posts: 863



    I used to think I understood recruiting and star rankings but I just don’t. I’ve given up.

    I can't tell the difference between 3 and 4 stars anymore.

    And I assume any 5 star we get (from WA state) will probably suck.
    Was Reggie Williams the last 5 star who went to UW and actually played like one?
    Shaq was and generally played like one. I think Reggie was.
    Shaq played like one. Good call. Those teams were mostly forgettable. Could have used him during the Manu/Wellington era.
  • chuckchuck Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 10,999 Swaye's Wigwam
    whlinder said:

    Does the 40 4* magic number still matter in the portal era? I don't think it does. How do you star rate the transfers? Their original star rating?

    The 40 4* came about because you had to have a baseline talent level to compete for natty. Transfers were rare and made up a very small percentage of the roster. Predicting successful college production from teen bois is an activity where you want as many rolls of the dice as possible, so you need 40 assuming enough will hit. With say 10% of 3*s, 25% of 4*s and 50% of 5*s becoming high end players, gotta have the odds on hitting enough of those high end players.

    In transfer era, the transfers you are taking have assumed to already hit, or have a much higher probability of hitting the big time than the 4* teen boi. Their 3* rating from being 18 is no longer relevant; their probability of being a high end college player is a much higher known. At that point it is 60-95% depending on the player, with a Caleb Williams at 100% and a Penix at 80% when he transferred. His 3* rating isn't relevant; he had proven to be high-end when healthy and the probability shifted to whether he could stay healthy.

    I agree with everything you said. I'm just not comfortable with relying on the portal too heavily. If you aren't building good depth via HS recruiting and miss on just one or two important portal guys you're just fucked.
  • dirtysouwfdawgdirtysouwfdawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 12,968 Swaye's Wigwam

    We have something the 5 star factories don't: Big Penix Energy!

    If we win the Pac 12 and make it the Natty game, it will be the biggest indictment of TBS cult in human history.
    Hurtful.
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