Many on this board have falling into ESPN brainwashing that you have to have a top 3 class to be elite. It’s such a false narravite. With proper coaching and development this class has more than enough talent to win a ship. The most important thing is finding a QB. I would love to see OU class ranking over the same time span also.
You must be kidding, right? I mean, you have to be. More than enough talent to win a ship? We have nowhere near the amount of talent on this football team compared to the Bama's, Ohio State's, Clemson's and Georgia's have. Right now our talent is good enough to be a borderline top 10 team and that is it.
For perspective, Miami has signed 1 5 star kid in the last 3 classes. The 4 teams I mentioned above have signed between 8-13. Its laughable to say our talent is comparable. Those teams have elite level talent across the board and depth to match it. There is another 7 schools or so who have also pulled in more elite level talent than us over the last 3 years.
Alabama - 11
Clemson - 8
Georgia - 13
Ohio State - 9
Furthermore, our staff is nowhere near elite, let alone even close to the above mentioned programs. Half of our staff is comprised of guys who shouldn't even be coaches at this level.
QB - Jon Richt
TE/ST - Todd Hartley
LB - Jonathan Patke
CB - Mike Rumph
S - Emprhaim Banda
If you can honestly tell yourself that even a top 10 program would hire any single one of those coaches, you are simply lying to yourself. This staff lacks big time coaches and also lacks overall talent and depth. This program might be taking the right steps to improve, but we are nowhere near ready to compete for a NC or even real playoff run.