Another one of these threads...cherry picking aside we have the same average class ranking over the last 3 years as Clemson ..who BTW beat us by 50 and played in the CFBPCG.
What's been the issue is gross mismanagement of talent and lack of development. Amari Cooper wasn't considered a can't-miss prospect. Bama developed him into a great player and one of the best in the country. Ppl weren't high on him until Al came in and his name surficed as one of the only WRs we might have been able to get in that class. Of all of the kids we didn't close on Dalvin Cook is the only one who really stands out.
Bottom line as its been said a million times is that we need to do better with the talent we've gotten and show kids that they will be developed.
If you really think about the guys we didn't get Matt thomas, ermon lane, kirland, roudolph, collins... only rpudolh and collins have made significant contributions to their teams. And that with better coaching than they would have gotten here under golden so odds are most of those guys we didn't get are bums anyway.