I am not sure we, as the casual fans truly "understand" the overall strategy. We may want to think we do. But I will give you that this strategy is indeed true. Then what you are saying to a recruit who gets a non-committal offer - we are going to offer you a scholarship but it is only good if we don't get the better guys ahead of you. So in essence they are offering plan A - C in one fell swoop. Then they wait on the plan A guys which you say have lots of choices and most won't make a quick decision.
Well, that probably doesn't square with how the top teams are filling their rosters with talent. Look at how many 5* guys are off the board already. The usual number of 5's is around 25-35 and that is just a reference, not saying we were in on the 5* kids. The same could be said for 4* as well I am sure.
I am not saying it is time to panic or claim the sky is falling. But to disregard it all and say, oh we will get our guys isn't exactly a dream I would bet money on as well. Maybe someone could tell me of all the offers out there, how many have already accepted somewhere else? Were they plan A or B or C?
Eventually I would hope that Scott and Co. would like to get to the point where their classes are pretty full by this time of the year, that would be an awesome change. Oh and one more thing, of course they are going to recruit athletes that fit their system, that does seem pretty intuitive does it not? BTW, I am not worried, concerned or anything but there is a numbers game to play in all of this.
Well for 2020:
We have a total of 6 QB offers. The top guy(ranked 33rd) is committed to USC. The other 5 were all in the same ball park including smothers. From a rankings wise he was 5th of the 6.
We have 39 RBs offered. Of the top 10 ranking wise, 4 have already committed elsewhere. Of the 39 offers only 9 have committed elsewhere.
We have 60 Wr offered. OF the top 10, 5 have committed elsewhere. Of the 60 Only 17 have committed . We have the 15th on our board, and 100th overall guy in Betts
We have 15 TE 4 of the top 10 are committed. 6 of the 15 are committed.
We have 31 Offensive tackles we have the #2 guy on our board and 31 overall. 6 of the 10 are committed. 15 of the 31 are committed.
We have 37 corners. 7 of the top 10 are committed. 16 of the 37 have already committed.
We have 23 Safety 4 of the top 10 have committed. 9 have already committed
We have 31 "athletes" 3 of the top 10 have committed. 6 of the 31 are committed
We have 32 Outside LB 3 of the top 10 have committed. 7 of the 32 have committed
We have 17 Inside LB 7 of the top 10 have committed. 9 of the 17 have committed
We have 29 D tackles 5 of the top 10 have committed. 11 of the 29 have committed
We have 22 Strong Side D end 4 of the top 10 have committed. 5 of the 22 have committed
We have 27 weatk side d end 4 of the top 10 have committed. 7 of the 27 have committed.
We have 5 centers 2 of the 5 are committed
We have 19 O guards 5 of the top 10 have committed. 8 of the 19 have committed.
Lots of guys on our list still available, even what I assume are some of the top guys.