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Originally Posted by jbergey22
I was under the assumption you were referring to this particular case. Of course every college plays the numbers game and plans ahead for these types of events. This Mustain case is QUITE different, you dont have a backup plan for a 5* recruit at qb(99% of schools dont have the luxury of being able to prepare for this) They recruited him, brought in his Head Coach, let him have some playing time and I repeat EXPECTING HIM TO BE THERE 3 YEARS ATLEAST. If they didnt expect him to be there 3 years they would have never even went after him, because they would be put in the situation they are currently in.
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It seems the higher ranked the kid, the less likely he is to be around for three years. They recruited him because he was a really good football player, not because they
expected him to be around for x years. If they did, they were stupid, just as they should have learned from Kyle Williams, Willie Williams, Kalvin Bailey, etc. etc. insert 50 more names of guys who were the best at their positions coming out of HS in the past few years but aren't playing for the teams they signed with.
It's just a nitpick. People get into the video game mentality of football where they think if a college recruits a kid, that kid is going to be there to play out collegiate career 95% of the time. But that's not the way it goes in the real world. Between injuries, transfers, legal problems, academics, personal reasons, etc. etc., it would be bonehead for a college coach to
expect a kid, no matter how good, to even see the field once, much less three or four years. That's why teams recruit 1-2 QB's every year and many try to keep four or five blue-chip HS recruits on the bench although only one can play at a time, and one may start every game for three straight years. You just can't expect that, though.