It takes 6-7 years minimum to build a program. The 1st 2 recruiting cycles are a crap shoot with taking any good players you can get. The next 4 years are when you get the players you actually want. They start becoming seniors in year 6 and that’s when you know what kind of coach you have.
Sadly, most flailing programs don’t have that kind of patience. And so they continue firing coaches after year 4 and then start the process all over again. 10 years go by and the program still sucks going on their 3rd coach in as many years (hello Tennessee) If they would only wait till year 6 they might find their patience pays off (hello Kentucky).
Fans and boosters are a programs worst enemy. I like an AD that can stand up to the pressure and put his job on the line. It’s not hard to tell if a coach is going to make it after 4 years and it has nothing to do with wins and losses. It’s 3 simple things: recruiting rankings/success, player retention and lastly QBs on roster.
Starting with QBs on roster, that means you have a coach that can get winning QBs on campus. The most successful coaches do it consistently. It’s the most important position and it’s why some really good coaches fail. Next is recruiting rankings and hits and misses. Top 25 recruiting classes for Power Five conferences is a must, and they gotta pan out. If you recruit top 25 and then kids cant qualify or they turnout to be duds then it’s no good. Great programs evaluate well and have a high percentage of “hits”. Lastly is player retention. How many players of that top 25 class make it to seniors? That’s a critical factor in determining success and builds depth and experience. If you look at the top programs they have these things in place
In my opinion Muschamp checks all of those boxes. I love our young QB talent and incoming QB talent. I love his 3rd and 4th recruiting classes with NFL talent on the field (only freshmen and sophomores now). And I think he is getting a lot of “hits” on good quality guys who will stick around 4 years. I look at all of the teams around the country with troubled players dealing with suspensions all the time. We hardly have any of that now.
Of course we are struggling in 2019 with the nations hardest schedule and with a group of seniors and juniors that made up his initial patchwork recruiting classes. But I like what I see with the young players and I love the 2020 class coming up. I’m all in on Muschamp through 2022 because that’s when it should come together. This is based on what I believe are the critical components of success and what I am seeing from Muschamp thus far in an objective, non-emotional way. If we have patience I think it will work out, but fire him too soon then I’m afraid we will become Tennessee.
Sadly, most flailing programs don’t have that kind of patience. And so they continue firing coaches after year 4 and then start the process all over again. 10 years go by and the program still sucks going on their 3rd coach in as many years (hello Tennessee) If they would only wait till year 6 they might find their patience pays off (hello Kentucky).
Fans and boosters are a programs worst enemy. I like an AD that can stand up to the pressure and put his job on the line. It’s not hard to tell if a coach is going to make it after 4 years and it has nothing to do with wins and losses. It’s 3 simple things: recruiting rankings/success, player retention and lastly QBs on roster.
Starting with QBs on roster, that means you have a coach that can get winning QBs on campus. The most successful coaches do it consistently. It’s the most important position and it’s why some really good coaches fail. Next is recruiting rankings and hits and misses. Top 25 recruiting classes for Power Five conferences is a must, and they gotta pan out. If you recruit top 25 and then kids cant qualify or they turnout to be duds then it’s no good. Great programs evaluate well and have a high percentage of “hits”. Lastly is player retention. How many players of that top 25 class make it to seniors? That’s a critical factor in determining success and builds depth and experience. If you look at the top programs they have these things in place
In my opinion Muschamp checks all of those boxes. I love our young QB talent and incoming QB talent. I love his 3rd and 4th recruiting classes with NFL talent on the field (only freshmen and sophomores now). And I think he is getting a lot of “hits” on good quality guys who will stick around 4 years. I look at all of the teams around the country with troubled players dealing with suspensions all the time. We hardly have any of that now.
Of course we are struggling in 2019 with the nations hardest schedule and with a group of seniors and juniors that made up his initial patchwork recruiting classes. But I like what I see with the young players and I love the 2020 class coming up. I’m all in on Muschamp through 2022 because that’s when it should come together. This is based on what I believe are the critical components of success and what I am seeing from Muschamp thus far in an objective, non-emotional way. If we have patience I think it will work out, but fire him too soon then I’m afraid we will become Tennessee.
The first TD Missouri scored was an absolute garbage call. The pick 6 from end zone was a bad decision by Ryan.