[BostonCard]

You misunderstand.  I recognize that recruiting holes, especially at stanford, are goingto happen. For OL, especially, you might view the coaches as victims of their own success; if you were a promising tackle in the year immediately after Little and Sarrell signed, you might look at the depth chart and reasonably factir in anticipated playing time (a similar thing happened after we signed the 2012 class with Garnett, Murphy, and Peat; we had relatively sparse OL recruiting in 2013 and 2014).  I think there are probably some things the coaches can do, in terms of taking a few more “plan B” players at poositions that are developing holes.  But you are right, we are dealing with small numbers, and the difference between a well stocked position and one in trouble comes down to one or two players.  Multiply that by 10 position groups, and the chances of having perfectly balanced classes across all position groups are negligeable.

The post was meant as an observation, not necessarily a complaint.  Based on the holes inthe lineup, a position that was expected to be a strength but is a weakness now will likely not improve, and could well get worse in the next two years.  Then take a position of relative strength on defense, and project forward, and its reasonable to expect a decline going forward.

BC

[BostonCard]

You misunderstand.  I recognize that recruiting holes, especially at stanford, are goingto happen. For OL, especially, you might view the coaches as victims of their own success; if you were a promising tackle in the year immediately after Little and Sarrell signed, you might look at the depth chart and reasonably factir in anticipated playing time (a similar thing happened after we signed the 2012 class with Garnett, Murphy, and Peat; we had relatively sparse OL recruiting in 2013 and 2014).  I think there are probably some things the coaches can do, in terms of taking a few more “plan B” players at poositions that are developing holes.  But you are right, we are dealing with small numbers, and the difference between a well stocked position and one in trouble comes down to one or two players.  Multiply that by 10 position groups, and the chances of having perfectly balanced classes across all position groups are negligeable.

The post was meant as an observation, not necessarily a complaint.  Based on the holes inthe lineup, a position that was expected to be a strength but is a weakness now will likely not improve, and could well get worse in the next two years.  Then take a position of relative strength on defense, and project forward, and its reasonable to expect a decline going forward.

BC