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I don’t think it’s the athletes across the board that ND can’t match. It’s the monsters across the trenches. Michigan in ‘21 had a top graded out OL. It had a DL with some studs on it. And UGA in the trenches just handled it with no problem. You have to be able to just match beast for...

I didn’t call it that. Every analytic model did. I’m just stating what they say.

Sure. But the improvement, as I indicated, goes hand and hand with the experience. Basically, most every team goes through a “boom and then bust.” You have a young team. You go through some learning bumps. And as the team becomes a veteran team, you make your run over a 1 or two year...

2020: S&P+: 60th F+: 62nd FEI: 63rd 2021: S&P+: 51st F+: 58th FEI: 63rd 2022: S&P+: 18th F+: 23rd FEI: 26th Their offense just wasn’t good until 2022. It was downright bad the previous two years. Based on defensive performance in ‘21 and the lack of quality defenses they played during...

But a lot of that was due to having a pretty elite defense and an opposing defensive schedule that left a lot to be desired.

Maybe. But that was also Dana’s first year. He didn’t have the ability to load or reload yet. He got there and implemented his more slowed down, precision watch Air Raid. King hated it. He wanted a more space and pace offense. Which was less thinking and just go fast. Which is why he...

Houston also had an offensive exodus that 2019 season. King redshirted after like 3 games. Their stud WR did the same. Jarrid Williams got hurt and was done for the season and came here. So Houston went realllll young in 2019. Which is one reason why they had their best offense last year...

But those aren’t the two traits we should be prioritizing at the WR coach spot. Those are after signing skills. It’s acquisition that should be the number one trait. I’ll worry about how just how great our WR can “develop” our 5* WRs after he’s able to sign them. But I want them signed...

Or just go get an established elite recruiter.

But you have no idea if he can. You’re just hoping he can. It’s odd for anybody to want that when the staff’s problem and reason for the massive layoffs is recruiting. We should be trying to fix what actually needs fixing.

Exactly. Which is why hiring from the NFL for a college position coach isn’t always the best bet. Because the number one requirement for a college RB coach or WR coach should be: can they talk that game and land you a bunch of 5* recruits? That’s not the number one requirement for the NFL...

You think Hartline gets all the WRs because he coached in the NFL? Just stop. He gets them because he has a silver tongue and knows how to talk to recruits. Which is a skill that can’t be taught. We had an ex-NFL guy on staff that literally went to therapy to try to learn how to do it.

All we’re hearing from insiders as to why there is a massive staff shakeup underway is because of a lack of recruiting. Within that context: why would anybody want Hankerson?

No, I’m asking has he ever recruited? I don’t want or need my WR coach to be Einstein. I want him to be Frank Sinatra.

Your WR coach doesn’t need to be a smart mind. Save for the OC and maybe the OL. If we can’t reach WRs the 5 plays that make up an Air Raid, one of which is “everybody just run straight as far and fast you can,” something is seriously wrong. WR coach needs to be a stud recruiter. So I ask...

Why would anybody want Hankerson? Has he ever recruited?

It was also a horrible OL. Look at what happened to the running game under Gattis. Lashlee used the spread and tempo and RPO to mitigate how bad the OL was. And it worked to the extent a system can mask it. And then talent has to do the rest.

He doesn’t run uptempo. In fact, if you watch the offensive highlights clips posted in this thread, you can catch one of the announcers saying, “houston going with a little tempo here, which they rarely do.” It’s so rare they do it the announcers had to point out that they are doing it.

I’m not going to lie: you could stand to be a little sweeter on Valentines Day, babe.

Never took the SAT.