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So what's the answer now in this new era of college football? Do you limit your HS recruits to 15-20 in order to make room for more transfers? The problem with that is while you may add more veteran depth, you lower your chances of finding good HS kids that you can develop. Also, if you have more additions to the portal, your HS kids that don't play will portal out immediately. In the fun era of CFB the system worked because you recruited good HS players who came in, worked hard, learned the system, and were ready to contribute by year 2 or 3. Along the way they provided valuable depth because they were in the system, had practiced and learned, and, if they weren't good enough to be starters, they were good enough to play when needed. And if you recruited 25 HS kids and 10-15% turned out to be duds, you still ended up with at least 20 good HS kids who could be real contributors and eventual starters. Now it's "can we recruit good players, keep enough of them from leaving to maintain decent depth, and fill holes from the portal as needed." Ugh what a mess. And don't forget you have to pay them to keep them happy. It really sucks.

<blockquote data-quote="Crtuneman" data-source="post: 1583428" data-attributes="member: 21418"><p>So what&#039;s the answer now in this new era of college football? Do you limit your HS recruits to 15-20 in order to make room for more transfers? The problem with that is while you may add more veteran depth, you lower your chances of finding good HS kids that you can develop. Also, if you have more additions to the portal, your HS kids that don&#039;t play will portal out immediately. In the fun era of CFB the system worked because you recruited good HS players who came in, worked hard, learned the system, and were ready to contribute by year 2 or 3. Along the way they provided valuable depth because they were in the system, had practiced and learned, and, if they weren&#039;t good enough to be starters, they were good enough to play when needed. And if you recruited 25 HS kids and 10-15% turned out to be duds, you still ended up with at least 20 good HS kids who could be real contributors and eventual starters. Now it&#039;s &quot;can we recruit good players, keep enough of them from leaving to maintain decent depth, and fill holes from the portal as needed.&quot; Ugh what a mess. And don&#039;t forget you have to pay them to keep them happy. It really sucks.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Crtuneman, post: 1583428, member: 21418"] So what's the answer now in this new era of college football? Do you limit your HS recruits to 15-20 in order to make room for more transfers? The problem with that is while you may add more veteran depth, you lower your chances of finding good HS kids that you can develop. Also, if you have more additions to the portal, your HS kids that don't play will portal out immediately. In the fun era of CFB the system worked because you recruited good HS players who came in, worked hard, learned the system, and were ready to contribute by year 2 or 3. Along the way they provided valuable depth because they were in the system, had practiced and learned, and, if they weren't good enough to be starters, they were good enough to play when needed. And if you recruited 25 HS kids and 10-15% turned out to be duds, you still ended up with at least 20 good HS kids who could be real contributors and eventual starters. Now it's "can we recruit good players, keep enough of them from leaving to maintain decent depth, and fill holes from the portal as needed." Ugh what a mess. And don't forget you have to pay them to keep them happy. It really sucks. [/QUOTE]