I know there is concern that UF didn't "clean up" in state, but many recruiting services and others have stated this was a down year for talent in Florida.
You can't really say Miami cleaned up when their overall ranking is 8 spots lower than UF, so it's hard to say all that Florida talent the Canes brought in is better than UF's non-Floridian talent. All that being said, you might find this statistical research a fan did regarding blue chip recruits and prediction of success (or lack thereof) interesting: http://www.alligatorarmy.com/2016/2/10/10957948/blue-chip-recruits-correlation-with-team-success-data On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 5:34 PM, Jong Limb <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 11, 2016, at 1:47 PM, John Vega <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Feb 11, 2016, at 10:42 AM, JunoGator <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Last year wasn’t much better for McElwain, who was hired just two months > before signing day 2015. The Gators signed five of the state’s top 50 > recruits in 2015 compared to Florida State’s 10 and Miami’s three. > > > I think that it is important to consider the IMG effect. > > > To be meaningful, this data should exclude IMG students. I suspect that UF > will have grabbed about the same non-IMG Florida top-50 as the other top > schools. > > > I was curious so I took a non-exhaustive look for 2015-2016. I included > UF, FSU, Miami, Clemson (because they always seem to recruit Florida well), > and Auburn (because they appeared on the list a lot while I was > researching). I used the 247sports top 50 list. > > In 2015, the only IMG recruit to sign with any of the above teams was > Deondre Francois with FSU. > > In 2016, Shavar Manuel signed with FSU and Rashaun Smith signed with > Clemson. > > Total for the two years (not removing any non-qualifiers like D'anfernee > McGriff) > UF 10 > FSU 17 > Miami 14 > Clemson 6 > Auburn 9 > > So, in state, the IMG effect did not really produce that much of a > difference. FSU cleaned up last year, and Miami cleaned up this year. We > recruited better than an out-of-state school, but not nearly as well as a > school the stature of Florida should have. > > I believe this staff can coach. They just need to go out and get the > players. > > -- > -- > 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) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- 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) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
