(07-21-2017 11:46 PM)HawaiiOwl Wrote:  

(07-21-2017 10:02 PM)Owl1998 Wrote:  

(07-21-2017 09:58 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  

(07-21-2017 09:51 PM)Owl1998 Wrote:  In the 2019 class...
TCU - 11
Texas - 11
A&M - 5
LSU - 11
OU - 14
Ok St - 5
Arkansas- 8
Rice - 1

But we don't have a declining program!

Well, the point I've made a few times here is that prior to Van Hook becoming the recruiting coordinator, Rice never went after kids 2+ years out. When he got the job, he started going after those kids to try and catch up with the TCUs, LSUs, etc. Now, that he's gone, one of those 2019 kids has left. People on this board complained about VH but I would contend he was vital to getting the program into the new era of recruiting. Losing him hurts. JK needs to make a big splash hire...quickly.

They need to resolve the issue of whom the head coach will be before any "big splash hire" signs on without a pretty good idea that he will have a job the next year

This I agree with this 100%. We cannot hire a quality assistant coach, let alone a "coach in waiting", until The OG's contract situation is resolved and announced publicly. If Shep left despite the promotion to paid assistant, there's no way we're going to attract someone to fill the assistant coach opening until the uncertainty is resolved one way or the other.