Hard time discerning sarcasm, I see. I agree our recruiting has been poor. In fact, I don't like JUCOs. There's a reason they didn't get in to a D-1 straight out of high school.
The vast majority go to JC out of high school due to academic reasons, not due to talent. They cannot qualify and get into a D-1 school so they have to go to JC to work on academics until they can qualify.
In the modern era of college football I think it is a good idea to bring in quality JC guys. I'm not saying to stock your whole team with them, but bringing some in can have advantages. Consider the following:
1) Fresh out of HS most kids are not mature or developed both physically and emotionally. A majority of the freshmen brought in by most programs out of HS end up redshirting the first year so they are not able to help you anyway.
2) At JC these guys can be further evaluated with less mistakes made on judging ability. Although JC is not like SEC football, it is considerably better than HS football. Most kids placed in JC are very talented prospects, so the competition is greater and the talent a prospective recruit is playing against is much greater and a coach can better gauge how well a player may perform at a higher level.
3)While at JC these players are developing, and getting bigger, stronger, and more experienced and doing it on someone elses dime. The school does not have to use any of its scholarship money for these guys to attend JC and they do not count against the NCAA scholarship limits like a redshirt player does.
4) While you only get their services for 2 (and in many cases 3) years, that's about all you get with a lot of players anyway that leave early for the draft.
5) Sometimes bringing in JC guys can can be a way to help balance out your roster classes and improve depth. For example, if you end up with a lot of Seniors and Freshmen on your roster, adding some JC guys can give you more experienced depth in the Soph and Jr classes so you are not depleted when a large senior class leaves.
