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but avoiding attrition is where it is at!
I think when I see a team sign so many people, such as BYU signed this year, that is a reason to be concerned.
Further, this class for BYU is what most classes for BYU is. The high end kids are a bit higher than normal, but not significantly. However, there are also a group on the low end that are clearly fillers/projects/whatever you want to call them. I do not think there is a program that experiences a drastic difference in ability level from the #1 scholarship player to the #85 scholarship player than BYU. If this class has 14 kids contribute as multiyear starters and those 14 kids are from the top half, it will be an exceptional class. However, if Quezada and Fabulije get kicked out of school and Apo suffers multiple injuries it could go downhill in a hurry. It seems to me that recruiting comes in two parts. 1.) Potential difference makers and 2.) Potential players likely to be exposed. In my experience I think BYU recruits the most of both types in the MWC. The LDS connection gives BYU an in with legitimately hyped kids. Some pan out and some don't. However, the paucity of good athletes and options at certain positions leads BYU to also recruiting the most kids who would not be recruited at say Utah or TCU. How well BYU can avoid having to put those kids on the field will go a long way to dictating its success. Perhaps Jacob Hanneman will develop into the next Andrew Rich, or he might be the next Dustin Staley or Kyle Fowler. Time will tell.
What I do like about this class was the success with the non-LDS kids. It has been a long time, IMO, that BYU landed this many non-LDS kids that had legitimate other options. They got a few in the '07 class but they all washed out and now we have long faces as we restroke our flames of excitement for a new crop and hope that in 5 more years Keoishian, Quezada, Jordan Johnson, Fabulije and Tushaus use 4 years of elgibility and graduate.
I think when I see a team sign so many people, such as BYU signed this year, that is a reason to be concerned.
Further, this class for BYU is what most classes for BYU is. The high end kids are a bit higher than normal, but not significantly. However, there are also a group on the low end that are clearly fillers/projects/whatever you want to call them. I do not think there is a program that experiences a drastic difference in ability level from the #1 scholarship player to the #85 scholarship player than BYU. If this class has 14 kids contribute as multiyear starters and those 14 kids are from the top half, it will be an exceptional class. However, if Quezada and Fabulije get kicked out of school and Apo suffers multiple injuries it could go downhill in a hurry. It seems to me that recruiting comes in two parts. 1.) Potential difference makers and 2.) Potential players likely to be exposed. In my experience I think BYU recruits the most of both types in the MWC. The LDS connection gives BYU an in with legitimately hyped kids. Some pan out and some don't. However, the paucity of good athletes and options at certain positions leads BYU to also recruiting the most kids who would not be recruited at say Utah or TCU. How well BYU can avoid having to put those kids on the field will go a long way to dictating its success. Perhaps Jacob Hanneman will develop into the next Andrew Rich, or he might be the next Dustin Staley or Kyle Fowler. Time will tell.
What I do like about this class was the success with the non-LDS kids. It has been a long time, IMO, that BYU landed this many non-LDS kids that had legitimate other options. They got a few in the '07 class but they all washed out and now we have long faces as we restroke our flames of excitement for a new crop and hope that in 5 more years Keoishian, Quezada, Jordan Johnson, Fabulije and Tushaus use 4 years of elgibility and graduate.
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