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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Or... Missouri's mediocre recruiting staff (in terms of rankings of kids it recruits) is doing its usual thing. They have 9 commitments and are probably taking a max class size of 18-20. So the class is half full (with a spot held open for Beckner, obviously).
It looked for a brief while like this might be an outlier class for Mizzou, with all the early momentum. Looks more like it will be a pretty typical Gary Pinkel recruiting class that ranks somewhere between 30-40 (and outperforms its ranking by 10-15 slots).
Blaming this on the Michael Sam situation is just outrageously stupid.
It wouldn't surprise me if people are using the DGB incident to negative recruit Missouri, but that can cut both ways. Talking about family and expectations and standards and then letting that guy slide consistently is just as big, if not bigger, a weapon.
Key recruits to watch at this point for me are guys like Terry Beckner and Anree St. Amour. Both are early/high priority targets. If things go sour there, then there is a problem with this class.
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Nice post duncan, you make great points. I'm not trying to be an ass even though I'm in chicken little mode right now, I will listen to reason. This last part is crucial and we still have a chance with these guys, I'm just worried that Stoops and everyone else will mess that up cause they're doing a great job of it s far.
And you're correct that things look like a typical Pinkel class but he really needs to do better if they want to succeed in this conference in the long run. Tennessee and Florida will not be this bad forever.