OT - Calling MGoRecruiting Gurus - Evaluation of Talent Evaluators Needed

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January 20th, 2012 at 7:36 PM
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OT - Calling MGoRecruiting Gurus - Evaluation of Talent Evaluators Needed

In looking at our recruits by position group, it is apparent that some of the wide disparities between the recruiting sites are position group specific.

In other words:  

Rivals loves our offensive line haul, 247 does not.  Ave position ranking: 18.7 vs. 31.1 (I included Diamond and Garnett)

247 loves our defensive line haul, ESPN does not.  Ave position ranking:  15.0 vs 29.8

ESPN loves our secondary haul, Scout does not.  Ave position ranking:  23.3 vs 33.5

Everybody really loves our LB haul.

 

So, rather than choosing to love and hate various recruiting services based on my overall perception of their kindness to this years Michigan recruits, I was wondering if there might be some MGoBloggers with knowledge of the backgrounds of the guys making evaluations.

A little personal history of the guys (i.e. former positions played/coached, at what levels, etc.) and former predictive performance by position group of previous rankings would be hugely helpful to establishing what each recruiting service has as a "specialty."

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January 20th, 2012 at 7:42 PM | Evaluation of Talent Evaluators? (Score:0 Overrated)
January 20th, 2012 at 7:46 PM | Makes sense to me. (Score:1)
julesh
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Makes sense to me.

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January 20th, 2012 at 7:48 PM | Well (Score:2)
NOLA Blue
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I do believe a department is only as good as the department overseeing it.

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January 20th, 2012 at 9:07 PM | BUT WHO'S OVERSEEING THAT (Score:2)
Hokemania
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BUT WHO'S OVERSEEING THAT DEPARTMENT?!

Whatcha gonna do, little brother?

January 20th, 2012 at 10:21 PM | The people responsible (Score:3 Normal)
Philip A. Duey
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for sacking the people who have just been sacked, have been sacked.

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January 20th, 2012 at 7:43 PM | well i do know that tom (Score:1)
nfwolverine12
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well i do know that tom luginbil (espn recruiting analyst) pretty much rates players solely based on their on-field performance during thier individual seasons. he has even admitted that camps do not mean that much when putting the espnu 150 together.

January 21st, 2012 at 12:53 PM | Luginbill was the starting QB (Score:2)
Magnus
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Luginbill was the starting QB for a bad Georgia Tech team and played in the Arena League for a couple years.

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January 20th, 2012 at 7:44 PM | Magnus is the man.  (Score:2 Normal)
yeahrice
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Magnus is the man. 

Biochemistry

Class of 2010.

 

January 20th, 2012 at 8:37 PM | posted from iPhone (Score:1)
Schembo
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All speculation just like the NFL mock draft that Kiper and that other douche butcher every year. In the end, nobody remembers what they predicted in the first place.

January 20th, 2012 at 10:38 PM | Average rankings aren't a (Score:2)
turd ferguson
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Average rankings aren't a great way to do this.  An example:

Would you rather have the #1, #2, #3, and #600 ranked linebackers in the Class of 2012 or the #150, #151, #152, and #153 ranked linebackers?

The first group seems like an obviously better haul, but they'd be equal in terms of averages.

January 20th, 2012 at 10:00 PM | Sorry, can't help (Score:3 Normal)
BiSB
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But if you're looking for someone to evaluate the talent evaluator evaluators, I'm your man...

I am being Twitters

January 20th, 2012 at 10:53 PM | (No subject) (Score:1)
Zone Left
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It's all John Navarre's fault.

 

January 21st, 2012 at 12:49 AM | of any thread (Score:1)
Picktown GoBlue
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why isn't this one marked META?

January 21st, 2012 at 10:09 AM | If this really concerns you, I would rely on the words of Bo (Score:1)
Wolfman
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¨One third will be exactly what you thought. One third will contribute, but will not perform to their level of expectation coming out of high school, and one-third will prove a disappointment and make virtually no contribution at all.¨

With that in mind, I would take solace with the number of this year´s group and realize that about 9 will be very good and 9 others should contribute in some fashion.

 

January 21st, 2012 at 1:01 PM | Here are bios of some guys at (Score:2)
Magnus
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Here are bios of some guys at Rivals:

http://rivals100.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=146002

Josh Helmholdt isn't listed there.  I don't know his entire background, but I know he was a high school quarterback.

I don't know who the guys are at Scout, besides Sam Webb...and I'm not sure what his background is.

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