Well, let's see. If I really think about it,

taking into consideration the new liberal transfer rules. He recently said that we would probably never have the number one recruiting class. Now that we have established some depth, he will definitely sign as many 4 and 5 stars as possible, but he concentrates on character and how he thinks his recruits will fit in with our present players. By signing 2-5 five stars, and the same number of four stars, he can then afford to use his staff’s tremendous ability to spot potential talent and bring in 12 three stars and a few two stars. This group of two and three star recruits do not expect to arrive on campus and start their first, or, maybe second year. They also know that there is a likelihood that they will be redshirted. Here’s where the brilliance comes in. It gives his staff rhree years to “coach them up”while, at the same time not worrying about them transferring. Alabama and Georgia are bringing in a lot of five stars. With the new rules, you will start to see a lot of transfers. Example, both Georgia and Alabama’s backup qb’s are transferring this year, as did Hunter Johnson did with us this year.

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Re: Dabo’s recruiting philosophy is brilliant, especially

Feb 8, 2019, 7:00 PM

Dabo and company trust their evaluations over a recruiting service. Nobody at the recruiting service will get fired if a prospect gets on campus and plays like hot garbage.
If you have time; your right; building up a 3 star who maybe needed a year in the weight room is great! At Clemson, we have enough 4 and 5 star players to allow for that. That's the major difference between what Boise St. and Oregon were doing with recruiting classes in the 20's or 30's or worse. We get enough blue chip prospects and have enough 3 star and preferred walk on talent on campus to create a competitive environment. Where every rep is judged. So, Mr. 5 star can't relax and "know he has a starting spot"!
Zach Pickens will get to U of suc and "not have to work" like that. Josh Belk I think, "rang the bell" because he knew he could go to a place where he would be the man/ w/o having to work for it.

I think many of you guys are in your feelings because you thought: "2 titles in last 3 years should instantly mean; 1st place recruiting class"! Sorry folks! The Tigers coaching staff is a picky bunch! We don't even offer every 5 star so naturally we won't get as many! Could we get them; sure! Many of them would love to be a part of what Clemson has going on! But, they don't get that offer for one reason or another! Maybe the staff believes the player is overrated and looks good b/c he isn't playing other good talent. Or maybe they have character issues. Whatever the case; we don't do "volume recruiting"! Throw a bunch of offers out there and after the kids want to sign we only choose the best/ most highly rated player! We are more precision strike as opposed to the carpet bombing other staffs use.

We have time to make a kid who wasn't rated high - become ( with their hard work and effort b/c that's the type kid we recruit).

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Dabo’s recruiting philosophy is brilliant, especially

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bama and uga have a lot of 4 and 5 stars because they

He needs to get as many 4 and 5 stars as he can. This

Don't you think it is time to stop second guessing Dabo??***

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Dabo looks for kids that have special in them in many ways,

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