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(01-22-2018 02:18 PM)The T-Shirt Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 02:04 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 01:58 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  It’s a very good hire as long as thas rest of the staff recruits their butts off.

Better Xs and Os guy than Washington but not going to be nearly as universally liked. Recruiting is probably not his forte. Great coach though.

I think, given the haul we pulled in these last two years (Taylor, Tucky, and hopefullly/eventually Hutch in '17 and Martin, Vann, Becevich, and Metz in '18 along with the underclassmen we have on the line now) we can afford to trade DL recruitment for a guy who can develop premier talent...and Stripling showed that in his last tenure here. I'm a very big fan of this one.

Looking at the trade off:
Martinez leaves - can't recruit, shaky coach
Mickens enters - better coach, heard he was a good recruiter too

Washington leaves - phenomenal recruiter, good coach
Stripling enters - Really good coach, questions about recruiting

BTW, I love this hire too.

I agree...I would take that tradeoff. Two decent recruiters can make up for one who doesn't and one who pulls the weight for two, especially when you've already got good players in who need coaching.

I cannot wait to see what Stripling does with Metz after what he did with Walter Stewart. Speaking of Walter...that wouldn't be a bad guy to keep an eye on in the next few years for this staff if openings come up again. He has done quite well so far at EKU.