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Originally Posted by Fansy the Famous Bard
The difference being, I think... Is that historically, we'd be beside ourselves to get the caliber player of Skipworth (a 5.6 rating by rivals). That was the normal top end talent KU would bring in, with an occasional 5.7 sprinkled in every so often.
Now, the 5.6 and 5.7 guys are the norm, with 5.8 guys being the ones we're excited about with 5.9+ guys being sprinkled in.
That's a HUGE change in talent level. Skipworth level recruits aren't the guys this class is being built around now. He's depth, foundational, and a nice get. The staffs like him, seeing how they went all the way down to FL to pluck him. That's not our normal stomping grounds, Marcus Calvin being the only other FL recruit this staff has landed under Leipold. So yes, I believe there's a lot to like about this.
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Worried we will get picked apart by big schools like Alabama and Ohio State etc and guys transfer out once they get good. But maybe that's more of a basketball problem...not a KU bball problem but in general for non blue blood schools in football and bball.