Presumably big promises are made to attract this talent, so rather than focusing on how to win, more and more time is taken up figuring out ways to get playing time for each blue chip.... Assuming all the recruits work out, which is never the case, it’s arguable that the level of talent fosters a lazier attitude among coaches and their staffs. In short, they perhaps coach less on the assumption that the talent will make up for less time spent in the film room or on the practice field.
Considering talent again, top-flight recruits perhaps arrive less hungry than the lesser stars that the coaches initially inherit. Particularly with a sport as cerebral and brutal as football, it’s clearly hard at times — as evidenced by how many unheralded recruits become big stars — to know which players will project to the college level. Top recruits also bring major baggage of the ego variety, and as ex professional players always talk about the importance of locker-room harmony to winning on the field, it’s possible that a locker room full of superstars creates disharmony.
