Booger, with all due respect, it is obvious that we are viewing this topic from different perspectives. I doubt that anyone here has said that Capel has done a great job this yr, and for sure no one is happy with how the top recruits have faired to date, but please do not sit here and act like recruiting rankings are not big to MOST people in all of the major sports. Heck, the major sports tv networks all have their own hs recruiting shows for hoops and football.
Again, no one knows how good any class will be. You spoke about waiting until the players play before passing judgement. Well of course that removes the need for all that goes into recruiting talk. I gurantee you that recruiting services pass judgement on a class long before the class hits campus. Sometimes they nail it, other times they miss badly. Capel went after several highly regarded recruits, and he got them. That is why people began to mention him as an expert recruiter. Alot of big time schools were after WW, TMG, and Tiny. I guess that none of those coaches had a clue that those guys would struggle with personal/team issues either, because everyone was after them. To sit here and act like Capel failed as a recruiter, AFTER seeing how those guys panned out is simply not being fair, IMO.
