No, they brought in better players than the coaches before them. And when the talent isn't there, all of a sudden their magical coaching skills seem to disappear. How could Patterson ever go 4-8 if he is the one who makes the players and not the other way around.
Youth. Injuries. Bad year. That was the exception not the rule. The man has had quite a successful tenure there. It's funny you ignore the BCS bowl appearances and the win last year.
So when the talent isn't there, he doesn't win. Where have I heard that before.
Yeah HE recruits the talent, coaches/developes, and puts them in position to win. He doesn't automatically gets NFL caliber players. By this coaches make players then visa versa. I'll say it's 70-30 coaches/players.
How do I know this? ****ing Golden. He has the players to consistently dominate the Coastal but....has yet to play in the championship game. He had a freshman or hurt qb??? That's enough to win the Coastal. Coaches make the players more then players make coaches. That's the beauty of football. It's not like baseball or basketball where there isn't a stop every 15 seconds and plays being called.