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Butch Barry is really good friends with Mirabal, and they share some of the same drills/coaching concepts for O-Line. With that said, the OLine improved under Butch, but the lack of physical practices likely could've attributed to the run blocking deficiencies. Mirabal is also a better recruiter. Before anyone reads this post and takes it negatively, just know Butch Barry got hired by the Broncos a couple weeks ago.
You hit the nail on the head with the recruiting aspect. I think barry is a good coach, **** I think Justice is a good coach. But their recruiting (and giving players cupcakes) left something to be desired. Hard to coach up (1) kids that are just not that talented, (2) kids when you are only on the job for a year; and (3) when you are forced to play youngins who are not ready.
Look at it this way, in 2019 for Butch our OL 2 deep was Zion(FR)/Herbert (R-Soph); Donaldson (JR) /Reed (R-FR); Gaynor (R-Sop)/Clark (FR); Scaife (SO)/Traore (R-FR); Campbell (R-FR)/Hillery (R-SO)
Now going into to the 2022 season we return 80% of our two deep. That is asinine and that line was soooo young. And the ones we lost (Gaynor, seems like a good guy but just physically limited) and Donaldson (weight issues) likely are not overly missed.