Mario is betting on the OL and DL to be the difference. It can work, just a longer rebuild than most of us care for. He's building this team like an NFL team or similar to the Bama teams when he was there (albeit without the stud WRs...more on that later). He also needs the war daddies at DT...can't get there without this element...non-negotiable element of success. He essentially wants UM to be the UGA of the ACC.
Someone said the other day, "what if I told you that UGA has only landed 1 Top 100 WR in the last 5yrs"....That top 100 WR was Pickens but that poster was right...
Mario is ABSOLUTELY using the UGA model which Kirby Smart has taken from his Bama days.....(wondering if Mario and Kirby crossed paths at Bama)