wifeisafurd;841905217 said:
nervous because the lead recruiter left
nervous because with the new facilities and stadium, everyone expected huge classes to follow,
Cumon, man, stop feeding this BS. I don't know who "everybody" is who expected an incomplete stadium to vault us to the top of the Pac in recruiting, but the people who understand football know that was never the case. This was about first, a NECESSARY upgrade of the stadium and second, competitive facilities. Mission (almost) accomplished. Look at Oregon and others - facilities help, but they didn't send them to a whole new level, and they won't all by themselves.
We got three very good classes that were higher than what came before, and the facilities played a huge role. So with this season's recruiting going about the same as last season, how can anyone say facilities aren't having a positive impact? If you thought facilities would make us USC, time for a reality check.
nervous because the last few season have been mediocre
There ya go! Results on the field. That's legitimate. And also well-known by everyone who isn't living in a cave in New Mexico. I can't say "things will get better," they might not, but JT is here, so what's gained by complaining about the past?
That Udub had a big weekend is newsworthy. UCLA often had these big early weekends in which lots of recruits verballed, some of whom stuck. And it would be discussed here, but not with such gusto.
Okay, but so what? If it's a matter of timing, who cares?
But its still way too early to repeatedly panic guys. If the team isn't winning and recruiting doesn't pick-up, then worry.... This year, more than other years under the Tedford regime, the team's performance will impact the recruiting year.
I'm not sure this season's performance is any more or less critical for recruiting. It matters every year and every year it's not everything. Most recruits couldn't care less about our coaching drama, even though it feels like everything to us fans. Yah, To$h is a very good recruiter, but people need to get over it and move on.
There are very good reasons to think this season could be a big deal as far as JT's future, especially in light of the abysmal APR numbers. But he's the coach - so let him lose sleep over the possibility of losing his job. I want to see this team win, I want to see this team in the Rose Bowl, I'm just not seeing how anything that's going on leads to "the end of the world." The end of JT's job, sure. (Personally I wouldn't mind seeing new FB and MBB coaches, but I'm not going to hate on Sandy because she won't do what I want.)
