When the staff was brought on last year, some of the coaches had a well deserved reputation for being great recruiters. Then a few months back,
@Cribby dropped a bombshell, he said something to the effect that this was a "Meh" recruiting staff.
Only Mario and DVD were pulling their weight recruiting. That's right. Everyone except Mario and DVD.
Found Cribby's quotes:
I don’t think there’s anybody on staff I’d lose sleep over if they departed. Mario is the key cog and TVD / Cooney on the off field staff. It’s actually a quite meh recruiting staff.
Remember when somebody here said” there was only a couple people carrying their weight with recruiting and it’s surprising a Mario staff would lack great recruiters”
I was shocked by this staff when it was announced. I expected an avengers type recruiting staff , It ended up being Mario and the averagers
I was scratching my head at that one, even to the point of wondering if Cribby knew what he was talking about. Just too many alpha recruiters on this staff for that to be true. Subsequent to that, I've gotten confirmation that Cribby was 100% correct. And then Feldman drops the "dead weight" description of the staff. We know that what Feldman reports is coming from Mario. He doesn't make stuff up from unnamed sources.
My bad Cribby, I didn't want to believe it was true, but it was. Sometimes the medicine doesn't taste good, but you've got to take it anyway.
In this thread, we'll track the new coaching hires and see how they compare from a recruiting standpoint.
Clear Recruiting Upgrades
- Nicholson over Strong (based on current results, not previous year's reputation)
Push
Clear Recruiting Downgrades