This isn’t new for BC. TOB classes historically did not rank highly during his tenure, but he found ways to “coach em up”. Haven’t seen any evidence of that happening under Spaz.

GDF has provided Spaz with special dispensation though…so it’s ok.

1. BC always has poorly ranked recruiting classes and the reasons have been discussed before. Now that’s a relative thing, and if memory serves, maybe the best I can recall in the last 12-15 yrs is a low 20s, and the worst I recall is mid 50s perhaps. Part of the reason for that is the low number of recruits we normally take compared to the State U factories who bring in 30 plus (and then lose10-12 in the course of things), verse our normally in the 16-22 range and keeping most of them. But bottom line, we’re never going to see top 10 classes and I can’t remember seeing a top 20 class. Yes, we do have to “coach ’em up,” i.e develop them, and rely a good deal on brains as well, which doesn’t measure out w/ recruiting gurus and rankings.
2. even if this is a “lesser” class – and I don’t concede it will be, compared to BC’s historical averages – it won’t have much impact on the team in 2012 and 2013. But for an occasional high-impact frosh (which BC gets maybe once every 4-6 yrs), a single class is not impacting a program like BC for 3 yrs or so. Also, ONE class does not greatly impact a program, it’s when you have 2 or 3 bad classes in a row. I don’t think that is the case here.
3. 2012 is Spaz’s make or break year. I’ve argued we’re on an upward trend in [re-]building the program and it’s true that if Spaz doesn’t have a winning season and get back to a bowl game, he’s probably in deep trouble. 7-5 and he’s back for 2013, when we’ll probably be better again; 6-6, hard to say; anything less than 6 wins, he’s gone.

They have a serious recruiting problem which they choose to ignore.

Their philosophy is “Institutional”, and therefore next to impossible to fix from the inside.

It is not difficult for a guy like me, however, to sit here and take easy shots at BC. One of the so called easy shots would have been the recruitment of Bjeorn Werner. This is complete nonsense. One Highly skilled, dominate Defensive end is NOT what BC NEEDS to compete.

What they must do….Is go out and get the very best QB, with the highest IQ, that is willing to redshirt, in order to BUILD a monster of a team around HIM. Emphasis on him.

This goes against everything these tightass, mules that already know everything. Just ask them, they will gladly, and arrogantly rant about how they actually do know everything there is to know about football. I am not kidding. They will even have a straight face!

They are worse than all the talking heads on ESPN.

What I love the most about football, is that [I know] it is constantly evolving.

Once the whistle blows………….everything after that is up for grabs.

The recruits know when the coaches are full of Sh$t, when they are being recruited also. They are getting slammed on ESPN the last 48 hrs.

I am fairly certain that the “Son, we are in a re-building phase of our program.”. Went right over the BC’s recruiters heads. I assure you that every high school kid is just waiting to pounce on the first nitwit that walks into his house and lays that one on him.

Consider that a gift……:)

BC…..You need to just be honest. And don’t try to tell me there isn’t a cannon somewhere up in New England that likes Calculus and Physics.

BC is probably the best School’s, in one of the greatest cities, which for some reason seems to hire Coaching staffs, that couldn’t give away meatball sandwiches to people that are dying of starvation.

The Naval Acadamy out recruits BC. imo.