Recruiting - Better than we thought or rankings?

10 years ago there werent many camps around for kids to go to. Now there are tons of them. This has really helped some kids that never received all this extra training. Thats why we are seeing more and more kids coming outta under recruited areas more prepared to step in and play a lot sooner than before.
 
IowaLawWasRight said:
By objective standards, there has been very little improvement in recruiting in recent years.

Every recruit in the current class is just a 3 star. Sound like years past? Worse yet, there is still no game breaking WR committed, despite a glaring need and the promise of instant playing time.

Last year's class did have some 4 stars, which is a move in the right direction, but none of the blue chippers has come in and made a splash, just yet. Petras and Waggoner might turn out to be studs, but the proof will be in the pudding.

Two years ago, we signed 5 two star recruits, along with big time blue chipper Epenesa. That's not exactly raising the bar in the Big 10.

The fact that sophomores are getting playing time is nice, but it's no different than every other Big 10 team. Quite a few teams start freshmen.

In short, we continue to have recruiting classes ranked by the experts #40-45, whether it feels like we have super talented classes or not.
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Honestly...I could give a shit about the stars next to their names when they are 18 years old. I'm talking about what they turn out to be when they get here. Epenesa as advertised. Wirfs, Jackson, Neiman, IKM, Colbert, Banwart, Sargent, Fant, and Hockenson are all much, much better football players than their stars indicated and are playing early (freshman / sophs). That's my point. Iowa is evaluating talent, signing it, and it's showing up on the field right away.

Sure, teams start freshman...I get it. The historical issue is that Iowa hasn't typically had this many young players beating out upperclassmen. Last year was a the youngest starting 22 in the history of KF tenure. This year, we are still young. That's different.
 
I've always found it funny when someone in the media goes off and bashes an Iowa or Wisky. As much as we all dislike Wisky they don't set the world on fire with their recruiting rankings either and overperform. I mean based on recruiting rankings we over achieve almost year after year after year. Does anyone have a break down of Iowa's rankings at the end of each year under KF along with the corasponding years recruiting rankings? It seems like we are often ranked in the 30s to 50s recruiting class wise and yet finish in the top 30 (some yrs much higher).

I would think there'd be more heat placed upon the underachieving teams like Texas and FSU for a more current example of a team that has had 3 or 4 classes of top 15 rankings or higher and are stinking it up. Now they have received some grief over it as well but man what's easier to do? Get top 15 recruiting classes year in and year out and be a good program? Or have recruiting classes in the 40s- 50s and consistently out perform them?
 
We recruit well at the positions we develop. Which is most positions.
The two that we need to get some extreme production out of and that would take us to the next level is wr and rb.
We are seeing an uptick in rb. Which will help that position in the future. That room is definitely leaving it better than they found it.
Wr??? We have to get one or two absolute studs in. Or get a couple developed asap. That would go a long way in future recruiting.
Dl. Check
Ol. Check.
DB. Check.
Lb. Check.
Te. Check.
Qb. Check.
 
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