In the coaching world, so much can change in just four years.



USC, Tennessee, LSU, Georgia and Texas put together top-10 ranked recruiting classes in 2015. The head coaches who signed those classes have all been fired.



Scroll through the 247Sports Composite team rankings for that 2015 class and you’ll notice 18 of the top 25 classes have experienced head coaching changes in the past four years. The flurry of transfers and graduate transfers during that span makes for an even more volatile recruiting landscape.



So it’s not getting easier to put together a great recruiting class and keep it together for four long years. With that in mind, there’s no better way to judge a recruiting class than waiting to see how it actually panned out. It’s time to recognize the programs and coaching staffs that don’t just win signing day but also do the best job of developing their players, retaining them and winning with them. It’s time...