.... I'll easily concede UB has the best class this year and probably last year.... etc etc etc ... Plus, 3* rankings were given to Ellis Dozier, so is that a good measure to go by?
Actually none of the three major ranking services (scout, rivals, 247) ranked Ellis D. at all... not even as a 2 star... not that I could find, anyway.
Now that I posted links to respected national recruiting services to back up my theory, what do you have besides pollyanna, pie-in-the-sky, anecdotal nonsense to back up for example, that Springs is anything above NAIA or D-3? Why did even small colleges in North Carolina not offer right there in his home state? What about Brevard College in North Carolina with an enrollment of 729? They went 4-18 last season... why would they pass on him? What about Mars Hill? They went 4-24 last season.
How about some links to all-state teams in N.C. he was named to? All-district even?
Ellis Dozier - shown as ESPN 3* here:
http://verbalcommits.com/players/ellis-dozier As for the rest, I'm merely saying if you're using rankings that only account for 3* and 4* players, that leave out the rest of the recruited players in the conversation, are those rankings really of much value when ranking recruiting classes in the MAC? By doing so, it leaves out probably a half to two-thirds of the players recruited in the whole conference. And they aren't showing more than the top 4 teams. So, while I give a lot of credit to those services in their work, it sure seems to me like there's a big gap in their rankings for those reasons. If pointing out the lack of complete conference rankings of all 12 teams, or their use of only 3-4 star players is "nonsense", forgive me. I am amused if these rankings is your whole basis for bashing the recruiting of this coaching staff though.
As for why Springs didn't get more offers....at this point I really don't care. He's signed and coming to Athens. I'm not interested in tearing apart how good of a recruit he is, or is not, before he's even suited up for practice. I'll choose to be a supporter of the program and those that are there.