(02-22-2023 11:52 AM)wrysal Wrote:  

(02-22-2023 11:44 AM)Ourland Wrote:  

(02-22-2023 10:09 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(02-22-2023 10:07 AM)Ourland Wrote:  If he were gone, and a good hire made,

I have been hearing this since the 1960's.

C'mon now. We hired Fred Golsmith, Ken Hatfield, and David Bailiff. Rice can do it.

One out of three isn't bad, I guess. Goldsmith was actually getting a slew of Top-100 talent each year. That's what we've got to somehow have.

Kenny and Fred focused on defense and found gems on offense... scheming 'different' to maximize what they had and what they could get. Most of their top 100 players were on defense, and of course then they found Trevor, whom many other overlooked. Their option blocking schemes were tough to defend against, and Cobb's style and strength took amazing advantage of it.

I can't fault Bailiff as he did have some great seasons... and a nice parcel of NFL talent. His problem was that he couldn't leverage his success. Either for the University OR for himself. Similarly, Kenny ran out of steam... and Fred couldn't replicate his success at his future stops.

We either need to do something completely different like Navy... OR we need to do something more similar to what others do, but in an innovative or unique way.

Out-recruiting people is not a long-term option for us I don't think... at least not until we demonstrate we can win without them.... and even then, unless we somehow have/get/develop the NIL money that these other places have. I have no idea where all this money comes from/what it generates... other than just to be a legal way to funnel booster bucks... I don't see a TON of advertising now with these people, nor do I see 'games' paying for these images.