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If you saw the names that were rumored both coaches and players then you would probably understand more what I meantWere they wrong on the coaches? No one was complaining about the actual names that got hired out of the non-Oregon pool. I'm not even a Mario guy but when guys like Steele, Gattis, Strong, Addae were hired the board applauded. Even getting "Ponce just as the QB coach" had people feeling all warm in their special place. All that we got money stuff.
The players are a crapshoot. People were upset that that Brown brothers looked like they were going elsewhere. That turned around and then people got upset that FSU didn't just hold that L because they got a UVA transfer. Mario better not let Justin Rogers go someplace else was a thing earlier in the week. Now he's scheduled to visit. They'll get good players. Whether they're good enough to overcome Mario's shortcomings as far as coaching hires is another thing. He'll either change the way he views offense(something his Alabama mentor did) or he'll simply try to recruit so well that talent overtakes scheme. That takes longer and makes it more difficult to recruit the players that would make your talent overwhelming.
At the time I don’t think it was “wrong” though there was a lot of backlash against Gattis yes
I also give Mario a bit of a pass because he got here and had to do a lot in a short time. He pulled a bit of a miracle salvaging our recruiting class and this year he’s had to focus there as well
He’s done some amazing things for sure
I’m patient and willing to see it play out