Liddell to Ohio St.
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39th ranked class in '18 with five 3-stars and a 4-star. One 4-star verbal for '19. Not going to live long on the Porters.
According to the stltoday article Liddell has always wanted to go to Ohio St, so probably weren't going to get him anyway. Mizzou doesn't need to worry about how many stars a kid has, but if they are hard-nosed player that can get after it defensively. Never going to match Kentucky with their talent pool, but should always compete with everyone else with great defense and intensity. I'd love to see them play stylistically like West Virginia.
They better worry about stars, it's ultimately what got Anderson fired. WVU style is fun, but hard to get buy in.
Do stars matter or getting kids that fit your system matter more? If it is stars, you would think Kentucky wins the national championship every year.
Other teams recruit at that same level. But yeah, when there are about 9-11 guys that will contribute, you'd better believe stars matter. But Mizzou isn't going to go toe-to-toe on a regular basis with Duke/UK/Kansas/UNC on the recruiting trail. The Liddell like kids are the ones MU needs though. Local 4-star inside the top 50. Sort of Tilmon/Jontay types. They're not going to hit on all, obviously. But I'm not sure a class full of 3-stars is really going to lead to success for HCCM.
Definitely would like to see them consistently close the border and get the majority (80%) of high caliber talent in the state and out of state Stl/KC metro areas. Sprinkle in transfers and other pipe line areas CM has and they should be a top 25 team every year.
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