Posted by reinsel on 12/30/2016 9:25:00 PM (view original):
Eh, prestige doesn't matter enough:
This recruit has signed with Florida Tech.
3 star international....signed with Florida Tech?
I agree with this. Prestige has been neutered. AP's can easily overcome prestige now. As A+ UCLA with almost perfect preferences, I had to sweat out C+ Northern Arizona on a kid that was was almost fully maxed out in recruiting effort on (e.g. - 20 mins, 20 HVs, cv), except for a start. They were able to overcome two full grades essentially on AP's alone (they simply had more to dole out). I don't think that's a good outcome.
Also, despite complete max effort on another kid (start, 25 mins, 20 HVs, cv), I was only able to get to high against an A- Cal. That seems silly too that Cal's AP's mitigated prestige so heavily.