On Feb 8, 2009, at 12:46 PM, Oliver Barry wrote: > But predicting how a teenage high school athlete will develop and > perform at the next level is much more art than science, and even > those who do it for a living concede history is full of examples of > touted recruits who fizzle and largely unwanted players who turn > out to be stars.
You see an article like this every recruiting year. It's nothing more than selection bias. With a pool that large, you can always find some unheralded players that became stars and some sure-things that fizzled. That said, go back a few years and look who are top three rated recruits were: Tebow Harvin Spikes Sometimes the analysts get it right, too. That article never seems to be written. -Zeb --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
