(12-01-2019 09:42 PM)arlingtonduke Wrote: (12-01-2019 02:12 PM)DirtyDukes Wrote: (12-01-2019 11:04 AM)JMUNation Wrote: Each coach since Matthews has taken the program to new heights. The progression has been amazing. Houston has had the most success but with Cig, we are winning games by a large margin and our offense appears to be better. Winning a N.C. in his first year would put him slightly ahead of Houston.
The disappointing part about Houston is he turned out to not be the man we all thought he was. All his talk was just rhetoric. The way he left was a circus. I have no grudge with him improving his lot in life just the way he did it.
The guy at NDSU did it the right way. There were no distractions with his leaving.
The way he left and that other thing that everyone has heard about but no one is talking about.
I must be in the dark here about the thing that everyone has heard about. My two cents is that the Jury is very much out on Houston. He won with talent from Mickey and Everett and results went down every year after his first. The seniors playing even today were not recruited by him and we are senior heavy. Not sold on his recruiting and program building. Don’t wish him ill will but not going to root for his success either.
6 of 13 senior starters listed on the 2 deep were brought in by MH.
-Smith (2x 1st team All CAA, probably gonna make All American) (2016 late commit MH had recruited to the Citadel).
-Dylan Stapleton (2nd team All CAA).
-Carter (1st team All CAA/ going to be named All American).
-Dinucci (1st team All CAA/going to be named All American).
-Word (3rd team All CAA).
-Davis
Other starters that were MH recruits
-Fornadel (1st team All CAA/going to be named All American).
-Amos (1st team All CAA/All American).
-Obese (1st team All CAA)
-Mike Greene (3rd ream All CAA)
-Hamilton (3rd team All CAA)
-Truvell Wilson (3rd team All CAA).
-McCormick
-Ethan Ratke (1st team All CAA).
-Brown
-Gillespie
Going by the 20 announced 2016 signing date commits, other than Smith, other listed 2016 signing class starters are Mac Patrick, Daka, Atariwa, co starter Bethea. I’ll assume they were all EW recruits/commits.
Ratke, Brown, Gillespie not listed, so I’ll assume MH, maybe walkons.
In total, out of 24 starters (co-starters at RB & LT, not counting special teams), which HC they committed under:
15 MH
8 EW
1 CC
12 of 17 players/13 of 18 JMU All CAA spots were MH recruits/commits.
MM could recruit. EW could recruit & took it up a noch. MH could recruit and took it up a notch. Jury still out on CC.
That all being said, not at all happy with how last year unfolded the week before & right after the Colgate game. Thought it was handled poorly, no matter who “leaked” it.