Beyond the coaching issues - as far as recruiting is concerned I think we are heading in the right direction we are not that far off the pace...BUT, and there's always a but. If the team doesn't do significantly better this year, recruiting will become more difficult because recruits who have designs on an NFL career want to play in a successful environment and get a lot of good exposure. They want those announcers declaring that "he will be playing on Sundays".
Right now we have too many 2 & 3 *'s, with a handful of 4*'s and one 1*. If we don't significantly improve recruits will toy with us but choose to go elsewhere. The only other way to rectify this is to offer "play now" opportunities to those we can't lose. The real 5* players aren't afraid to compete for positions but the U has, IMO developed a seniority favoritism, as well as a brown-nose favoritism reputation, It's nice to emphasize character and all that but maybe we need players that are characters and have less character. If you want to play with the big boys you earn it on game day not in practice - wish it weren't so but it is. If the coach wants to be respected win or get a job as a loading dock foreman - where nobody cares.
