http://www.scout.com/college/florida-state/story/1686020-recruiting-gap-widening-in-the-acc
"Over the past four recruiting classes, Florida State has finished in the Top-20 of the team recruiting rankings every single year. Clemson has finished there three times. Only one other school, Miami in 2014, has finished inside the Top-20 during that span. Both the Hurricanes and North Carolina have had two Top-25 classes during that span.
The real difference comes in the average star rating of the recruits that the teams have signed.
Over the last two years the gap has widened even more.
As for the other ten teams in the ACC, only one has had an average star ranking over 3.1 for a single class. Duke's 2016 class posted a 3.24 average star rating.
The 2017 class looks to be on the same track. While it is still extremely early, Florida State and Clemson are both off to a hot start and sit inside the Top-10 of the team rankings. Florida State's class has an average star rating of 3.91 while Clemson's class is averaging 3.82. Miami and North Carolina sit inside the Top-20 of the rankings, but their average star rating is much lower. Miami sits at 3.27 and North Carolina sits at 3.21. The next closest ACC team in the rankings is Duke at 41 with an average star rating of 2.6. Until the rest of the ACC catches up in recruiting it's still going to be a two team race for the ACC title nearly every year. "
| Miami | North Carolina | Florida State | Clemson | |
| 5-stars | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| 4-stars | 24 | 20 | 45 | 37 |
| 3-stars | 49 | 62 | 36 | 40 |
| 2-stars | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Not Ranked | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Star Average | 3.24 | 3.21 | 3.67 | 3.38 |
| Miami | North Carolina | Florida State | Clemson | |
| 5-stars | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 4-stars | 9 | 10 | 26 | 19 |
| 3-stars | 25 | 34 | 13 | 19 |
| 2-stars | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Not Ranked | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Star Average | 3.07 | 3.22 | 3.80 | 3.40 |
The 2017 class looks to be on the same track. While it is still extremely early, Florida State and Clemson are both off to a hot start and sit inside the Top-10 of the team rankings. Florida State's class has an average star rating of 3.91 while Clemson's class is averaging 3.82. Miami and North Carolina sit inside the Top-20 of the rankings, but their average star rating is much lower. Miami sits at 3.27 and North Carolina sits at 3.21. The next closest ACC team in the rankings is Duke at 41 with an average star rating of 2.6. Until the rest of the ACC catches up in recruiting it's still going to be a two team race for the ACC title nearly every year. "
You just explained why 4 ACC teams - Miami, Va Tech, UVA and Syracuse - have new head coaches this year. The steady drop in "star average" during the "Golden years" at Miami is particularly telling. Beamer slid quite a bit in his final years at VT - to the point where I'm confident Fuente at least won't do any worse.
ReplyDeletePitt may not have a brand new coach, but they are beginning to see the fruits of the Narduzzi hire. Rather than being bad news about the rest of the league, this is good news of how FSU is KILLING it - I mean, who AVERAGES nearly a 4.0? That's CRAZY good!
Just to clarify, "I" didn't explain it, the writer of the article did. I have often been amazed at how well the ACC recruited....yet we rarely saw the production in the form of big bowl wins or big non conf wins outside of a small few.
ReplyDeleteSorry... I should've wrote "He". Anyway, ACC recruiting is still "fine", it's just that FSU recruiting is "great". (Notice that UNC has NOT dropped off; Miami did, but that's probably Big Al's fault).
DeleteNo doubt....I have never really had a thought of "the ACC doesn't recruit well enough" or it has gotten worse. I have never understood how it struggled to turn solid recruiting (mainly due to being in great recruiting territory) into better results. My opinion has always been due to admin. that were way too content with weak coaching AND lack of support (facilities, support staff, etc).
DeleteYep. ACC coaching has been AWFUL for most of the last decade. Let's hope the new coaches can do a better job!
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