03-02-2023, 01:23 PM
2021 was pretty pathetic as well, and we will be paying for that for a couple more years. By the time the staff adjusted (finally), the damage was already done, and though the 2022 class was pretty good, the combination of the downturn in quality and the coaching transition, really hurt our 2023 class. Happy to see the uptake.
There is, however, a point at which more offers are not better (I don't know where that is, and it clearly wasn't below what we've had the last few years). But there does come a point at which the offers start to look unfocused, and offerees don't view an offer from Stanford as special. It means that offers are thrown out with less vetting, increasing the chances of a Jack West (note, of course, that West was offered during a period of few offers, so fewer offers isn't a guarantee of protection). It also means that an increasing number of plan B's get thrown into the first batch of offers; those players are more likely to say yes because they have fewer alternatives, and on the extreme end, it raises the risk that we we have more verbals than places (as happened to Harbaugh) or that we either have to pull an offer to a verbally player (as Habaugh did) or are left with no scholarships for a few late deciders who we really want (though I don't think that has ever happened).
I don't know what the right number is. 72 doesn't strike me as excessive, but I would be worried if we had more than 100, for example.
BC
There is, however, a point at which more offers are not better (I don't know where that is, and it clearly wasn't below what we've had the last few years). But there does come a point at which the offers start to look unfocused, and offerees don't view an offer from Stanford as special. It means that offers are thrown out with less vetting, increasing the chances of a Jack West (note, of course, that West was offered during a period of few offers, so fewer offers isn't a guarantee of protection). It also means that an increasing number of plan B's get thrown into the first batch of offers; those players are more likely to say yes because they have fewer alternatives, and on the extreme end, it raises the risk that we we have more verbals than places (as happened to Harbaugh) or that we either have to pull an offer to a verbally player (as Habaugh did) or are left with no scholarships for a few late deciders who we really want (though I don't think that has ever happened).
I don't know what the right number is. 72 doesn't strike me as excessive, but I would be worried if we had more than 100, for example.
BC