I agree it was always going to be a hot mess no matter who. The price to paid. It was poorly managed from start to finish, covid, players not coming wtc etc.HopFan16 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 12:57 pmUnless they're the volunteer assistant, then they get all of the credit.Sagittarius A* wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 12:42 pm Coaches get too much blame for defeats and too much credit for victories.
Have you done any thinking in hindsight about WHY the first two season's might have been a "hot mess"? Couldn't have had anything to do with the players he inherited, could it? Or what about Covid? I'm not a D1 coach but my guess is it's not ideal to have no fall ball, not meet your team in person for months and then have to practice only in small groups for a large part of your first season. I genuinely do not think you understand how much of a complete clusterf*ck that was for a new staff. It was always going to take a couple years to smooth things out no matter who was brought in.
As for recruiting, if half of those 4-stars pan out like Collison, we're going to win like, three straight titles. Collison is a special talent who's going to be a four-time All-American if he stays healthy. The more realistic goal/hope is to get one or two players like that per class. Bringing in a lot of so-called 4-stars gives you more chances and increases the odds of one or twthe price o emerging as actual stars. But even a team like UVA does not have a 50% hit rate on recruits becoming All-Americans.
I thought it would take four years but thought they would be greatly improved after seeing the portsl results and new recruiys. I did not expect a 5 showing new OC was a manor uograde fron the previous. The O looked orgsnized and much better prepared. Lots of contributors came together well.