Posted by killer_hogs on 1/22/2017 11:37:00 PM (view original):
Thanks guys...so as a follow up question, do I go with potential or current ratings? For example, let's say I have two guys playing PF. Assuming both players are even on WE but One is a 36 in ath and is red. The other is a 25 in ath, but is green and so on. This is D3, so my ratings on my recruits aren't too high to begin with, or at least for the guys that I've been scouting anyway. Also, do their current high school FG% and FT% mean anything in recruiting?
I lean towards potential. Green 25 means he'll top out at 50-70. Red 36 is 36-42. So I'd take the Green 25. If it was Green 15 vs. Red 40, I'd take the Red 40.
At D3, where no one goes pro, you probably want to lean even more towards potential than I do a D1. You can afford to redshirt guys and not play them 2 seasons until their 3rd (RS Soph) year, then you can really benefit from recruiting potential.