#1 ACC Class

[sedlst11]

Yea but were 12 on the avg recruit rankings

 

[OldhamA]

Can't compete with the bigger conferences. Acc and big 12 are going to have a hard time surviving

Yep, they've killed the sport.

 

[dycane]

In the day of NIL, he is only a top 12-15 recruiter.

Worse because he’s been playing with top 5 NIL money.

 

[MgDuBzZ]

Not a good look in year 3 for an "elite" recruiter.

 

[mr.h]

Portal..helped us last year.

 

[OldhamA]

Worse because he’s been playing with top 5 NIL money.

Not this year he hasn't.

 

[brock]

Not a good look in year 3 for an "elite" recruiter.

We only signed lol 20 or 21 kids. Not a full class

 

[sdaly12]

Where did the last two classes get us? Sitting at home in December. We need better coaching, and we needed it for the past 20 years. Save the five star NIL money and give it to a Top Notch DC that can actually teach, make in game adjustments, and recruit. This will pay dividends faster than an 18 year freshman.

amen, think the staff is full of guys who can recruit but not so strong on player development ? in game adjustments as well. was at Ga.Tech game and watched in disbelief at all the stunts Guidry ran against one of the most experienced OL in all college football........

 

[sdaly12]

When media and CFP committee members continually hype up those conferences, especially the SEC, that bias ends up in the recruits heads too. A trash program like Mizzou was touted as a top program preseason, and still kept being undeservedly ranked late in the season for no reason other than their affiliation. Meanwhile, Syracuse and Duke were kept out

Ga. Tech gave UGA **** as well. South Carolina is the team that really should be red hot mad, at the moment playing the best in SEC

 

[dycane]

Not this year he hasn't.

You don’t know what you’re talking about. We were competitive with all our offers to top players, including Pickett.

Doesn’t matter. It’s not Mario. It’s the conference. Put us in SEC with the same NIL budget and his floor would be top 5-7 every year.

 

[Calinative]

Last year #11 ranking by average recruit (91.0), and the #4 class in the country by total points - 291.52 with 27 commits.

This year Tied#11 ranking by average recruit (90.78), and the #15 class in the country by total points - 256.86 with 21 commits

 

[Calinative]

You don’t know what you’re talking about. We were competitive with all our offers to top players, including Pickett.

Doesn’t matter. It’s not Mario. It’s the conference. Put us in SEC with the same NIL budget and his floor would be top 5-7 every year.

well who knows if/when any realignment happens....

 

[TwentySix]

This has been obvious for years. Not one single ******* recruit talks about it being a dream to play in the ACC. Not one. Meanwhile half the kids that commit to an SEC school mention the SEC in their commitment announcement.

And at this point, who can blame them. We’re not playing on a level field. It’s ridiculous but it’s the truth. It’s a subjective criteria sport and narratives have gotten out of control.

 

[major kong]

Recruits are seeing the same thing everyone else is seeing.

If you are not in the Big Ten or the SEC, there is practically no change you end up in the CFP.

This is it, and where the absurd committee seems deaf, dumb and blind. Their prejudices are effectively creating a permanent imbalance of conferences - 1. SEC, 2. B10, 3. everyone else. It only makes sense if that is their goal.

 

[OrangeBowlMagic]

Another telling stat: 33 out of the 34 consensus 5-star recruits (247 composite rankings) signed with a SEC or B1G team. The exception is OT Solomon Thomas (committed to FSU and trending to SEC)

Edit: Solomon Thomas flipped to LSU. Now 34/34 consensus 5-stars signed with SEC or B1G.

This is crazy.

I wish someone would’ve made a thread on here like 3 years ago saying we have a very small window to survive and it is entirely predicated on getting into the P2.

Welp.

 

[CliftonCane]

This is crazy.

I wish someone would’ve made a thread on here like 3 years ago saying we have a very small window to survive and it is entirely predicated on getting into the P2.

Welp.

Its an agenda-driven self-fulfilling prophecy.

Media, TV, and the committee favor the SEC/B1G —> Recruits perceive SEC/B1G as superior —> Top recruits go SEC/B1G —> SEC/B1G perform superiorly --> Committee's SEC/B1G favoritism is justified (with time)

 

[Ironmanfootball]

Money is involved. There is no such thing as an elite recruiter anymore.

Money was always involved. You think Mario is the one Bama bagman that said "No, coach. I'm doing this the RIGHT way"

 

[DrNovaCane]

Welp I know there were constant arguing/debating regarding the recruiting fallout of being in the Big12 vs. SEC/BIG in the Conference Realignment Thread. I know @Rickd and @TheOriginalCane and @NC_Canes_11 and a few others were pounding the table about us needing to land in BIG while others were challenging them and championing the BIG 12's $$$ payout to us.

When 34/34 247 5* recruits signed with the SEC/BIG, I think it's pretty clear what the future holds for those not in either.

 

[IbzRlz]

#1 class in ACC for 3 years in a row and still can't win the ACC! No one cares how we stack up against the ACC, so this class is another Mario disaster

 

[Dghustla]

Come on .... anybody denying there is a major preference for the B10 and SEC by elite recruits is in denial.

Nope this is exclusively a Mario problem.