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In general, stars are a good indicator of talent level. The best teams have the highest blue chip rating, and teams full of 3*s don’t compete for championships. The chances of a 5* being great are much higher than those of a 3*.QuackininBama wrote:Wasn't MM a 3* and TT a 5*. Stars are fun but meaningless once they get on the field with other college players. If he bails he bails. I haven't seen him even waver one bit yet.
Ranking stars can also be an indicator of a recruit's exposure. I don't think MM had been to a lot of camps or was well known outside of Hawaii. I believe that Helphrich was in Hawaii to look at someone else, but when he saw MM he called Chip and said "we need to offer this guy"dthomas=ddixon wrote:In general, stars are a good indicator of talent level. The best teams have the highest blue chip rating, and teams full of 3*s don’t compete for championships. The chances of a 5* being great are much higher than those of a 3*.QuackininBama wrote:Wasn't MM a 3* and TT a 5*. Stars are fun but meaningless once they get on the field with other college players. If he bails he bails. I haven't seen him even waver one bit yet.
Absolutely. Same thing with Herbert.DuckNV wrote:Ranking stars can also be an indicator of a recruit's exposure. I don't think MM had been to a lot of camps or was well known outside of Hawaii. I believe that Helphrich was in Hawaii to look at someone else, but when he saw MM he called Chip and said "we need to offer this guy"dthomas=ddixon wrote:In general, stars are a good indicator of talent level. The best teams have the highest blue chip rating, and teams full of 3*s don’t compete for championships. The chances of a 5* being great are much higher than those of a 3*.QuackininBama wrote:Wasn't MM a 3* and TT a 5*. Stars are fun but meaningless once they get on the field with other college players. If he bails he bails. I haven't seen him even waver one bit yet.
Agree that there is plenty to worry about here. If he is locked in why take a visit? I get it they are kids and being squired around LA in high style is attractive.Everythingsducky wrote:Worry I have, is that with UCLA going to the BIG, he will be playing a lot of games closer to home.
And UCLA hasn't exactly developed DTR that well. He still doesn't look like a NFL QB. Unless UCLA offers a better NIL than us, I don't see Moore going there. I don't like this sudden interest out of nowhere, this late in the cycle. That usually doesn't turn out too well..lmduck wrote:Agree that there is plenty to worry about here. If he is locked in why take a visit? I get it they are kids and being squired around LA in high style is attractive.Everythingsducky wrote:Worry I have, is that with UCLA going to the BIG, he will be playing a lot of games closer to home.
I love Chip but I am still not sure he is long term at UCLA. I might be wrong but just my hunch. His hatred of recruiting will catch up with him and not sure what the NIL game is like at UCLA.
Lots to worry about IMO till his name is on the NLI.
This is the perspective required to stay sane if you follow recruiting ha.SuperDuck wrote:Honestly, I hope he's locked in at Oregon, too. The more great players, the better.
That said, I refuse to get upset if he decides to flip to another school. That's something that will be a possibility with every player, every year now due to the transfer portal.
If we need help at a position we'll simply have to look to the portal, as well as recruit players that are (hopefully) ready to play at the next level.
There's something to be said for having a proven guy come in who's shown that he can ball over having potential talent in the mix. That is, unless the potential talent is able to redshirt and learn. Even then it's not proven.
My two bits.
