utisdabomb12
V.I.P.
- Joined
- Dec 9, 2013
- Messages
- 8,338
Simmons is an analyst at 247 and he's answering questions on College Football Reddit. Some interesting answers and I tend to agree with him on most stuff. http://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/2c23ct/ama_barton_simmons_of_247sports/
"I think with Texas, you're looking at it backwards. Under Mack Brown UT used to have their class primarily wrapped up by the previous February. They'd offer a bunch of kids, they'd get commitments without seeing them in camp or seeing any junior film and then when analysts would rate kids, even if we weren't all that fired up about him, how are you going to rank a kid low who Texas offered and committed when they had the pick of one of the best states in the country. I think unintentional bias would emerge some with Texas' classes. Too much respect was given to their evaluations and not enough back bone to go out on the ledge and say, this Texas junior that they got committed in February sucks. I don't think these schools offer based on a star rating but hype certainly can play a role in getting kids evaluated and in pushing for a commitment. It's as much of a PR thing for them as it is an evaluate off of stars thing."
"I'll put it this way, give me the roster full of freak athletes and I'll beat your roster full of coachable players. It's obviously not as black and white as that and there is a middle ground. I told a BCS defensive coordinator once that my dream team would be made of all players rated an 89 (high 3stars on 247SPorts). Those guys are all borderline four-stars talent-wise but have upside and a chip on their shoulder."
"I think with Texas, you're looking at it backwards. Under Mack Brown UT used to have their class primarily wrapped up by the previous February. They'd offer a bunch of kids, they'd get commitments without seeing them in camp or seeing any junior film and then when analysts would rate kids, even if we weren't all that fired up about him, how are you going to rank a kid low who Texas offered and committed when they had the pick of one of the best states in the country. I think unintentional bias would emerge some with Texas' classes. Too much respect was given to their evaluations and not enough back bone to go out on the ledge and say, this Texas junior that they got committed in February sucks. I don't think these schools offer based on a star rating but hype certainly can play a role in getting kids evaluated and in pushing for a commitment. It's as much of a PR thing for them as it is an evaluate off of stars thing."
"I'll put it this way, give me the roster full of freak athletes and I'll beat your roster full of coachable players. It's obviously not as black and white as that and there is a middle ground. I told a BCS defensive coordinator once that my dream team would be made of all players rated an 89 (high 3stars on 247SPorts). Those guys are all borderline four-stars talent-wise but have upside and a chip on their shoulder."
Last edited by a moderator:
