Sure, but we’re never gonna take the next step in recruiting until we consistently start putting our better players into the NFL and those players start succeeding in the NFL. We’ve had some, we need more. That’s the#1 way to sell a program these days. We need LJ and Ben to make it. We need Ross to make it. Reagor, Sewo, Niang, Innis, Gladney.....
I certainly understand your point and agree to an extent. But I don't know how to feel about the point that player success in the NFL is the #1 way to sell a program.
There are lots of schools that put tons of guys in the league but don't get highly rated classes - Pitt, Wisconsin, Cal to name a few.
Our recent string of tackles in the league doesn't seem to have improved our OL recruiting.
And again, we disagree on "the next step in recruiting". Many of the programs that get the highest rated guys end up dedicating time to getting them to go to class, stay off of the police blotter, work hard, spend time in the film room, etc.
I wouldn't trade our classes over the last ten years with UT's, and yet we've accomplished more. And I certainly don't envy Baylor for the highly rated guys they brought in - I don't want to compromise our standards for that.
To me, we're never going to get a top 10 class, and I'm fine with that. I just hope we get slightly higher rated guys who don't bring us trouble.