So it's no secret that I am extremely passionate about Florida State football. I had been trying to stay away from topics involving the Seminoles, because I didn't want this blog to have bias. But today I was thinking about the recent loss to Boston College and I couldn't help but wonder how the 'Noles had fallen from their 90's dominance. Then I thought of how all teams go through a down period at some point, and it can be for a number of different reasons but realistically it should not happen.
If a team has success, then they can recruit the best players so they are able to continue the successful run. So how can a team possibly fall out of national contention with this cycle? There are a number of scenarios but what it really comes down is to recruiting.
If you cannot get top flight prospects, you start to fall off. If you can't coach the top talent then once again you are falling off. If you don't win, then you don't get the top recruits which leads to even more losses.
The moral of the story is that, all three of these things are needed to stay on top and if one starts to tail off, then it can affect the others. So don't let it happen.
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Reallistically swings of success are inevitable. The best Recruits are not going to want to go to the same schools each year around. No matter how much money, charisma, and effort you put into recruiting it all comes down to the recruits and their preferences. Sometimes that i" want to go to PSU because they are the team i have followed all my life" takes precedent over where you are on teh depth chart or how much scholarship money you are offered. Good observation though.
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