Comments on: MrSEC Commitment Comparator – 11/14/12

By: j_scott_o

j_scott_o — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:34:33 +0000

@John at MrSEC
Oh, I totally agree. That was kinda poor wording on my part in the last sentence. I should not have put the word “just” in there. Regardless, thanks for providing the breakdown.

By: BonzaiB

BonzaiB — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:23:54 +0000

@buddha22 I like that. A true mission for an obsessed spreadsheet manipulating football fanatic. I think what you will find is the programs that are attracting the best recruits are also the programs coaching them up the best, but it would be fun to look at.

By: RAB83

RAB83 — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:39:42 +0000

@j_scott_o – rivals seems to have a bias for more stars for commits to established programs. In a way this makes sense. If Saban wants a guy, he sees something and we know he’s a good judge of talent. Take their ratings with a grain of salt.

By: buddha22

buddha22 — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:24:12 +0000

It would be interesting to see NFL signees vs star ratings, then broken down by program. It may show which programs actually “coach them up” vs running them through.

By: John at MrSEC

John at MrSEC — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:13:19 +0000

@j_scott_o

That’s why we show you three different charts… quantity, quality and high-end talent. You can make up your own mind as to who’s having the best class.

Thanks for reading the site,
John

By: j_scott_o

j_scott_o — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:41:28 +0000

BTW, great article…something interesting to look over. Another something interesting that you might have done is maybe take the top 10 rated players for each team and give an average star rating. Then maybe top 12 players. Think that would provide even more context into the quality of players. As it stands, you could have a team with 10 players and the average is 4 stars. But, you could have another school with 15 players, of which 10 are 4 stars and 5 are 3 stars, but, if you just looked at the average star rankings for that class, you would think the 1st school had a better class.

By: j_scott_o

j_scott_o — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:37:11 +0000

And, here is a little something to think about when it comes to stars and ratings: Johnny Manziel was a 3-star in 2011. Would hate to see him if he were a 5-star!