It's definitely not going to happen before the season now. I wanted to post a new thread on this, but I thought it fit in. The wait and see approach bothers me on many levels. If we have another top 20 class then I will be happy. I want the #1 class and I don't think we should expect anything less. Whether that's realistic or not we should at least do everything we can to get it. I'm not saying the coaches aren't trying and aren't aware of outsiders recruiting against his age. My problem is what are we doing about it? It's one thing to be aware, it's quite another to do something about it.
They don't. In the end the only thing that matters is results. But if someone is trying to paint a picture that our coaches don't care about recruiting or try hard and they are still pulling in top 20 recruiting classes, that just goes to show that person doesn't know wth he is talking about. Stop trying to confuse the issue. This is specific complaint about our coaching staff's recruiting practices. This isn't a general complaint about the coaches.
The coaches are going to do about it whatever they are going to do. If you think they should be trying to butter up every recruit we can like Dabo and his boys, it's just not going to happen. Our coaches don't have that used car salesmen personality that you admire so much and they don't think they need it.
Or 17 year old DROP OUTS, there are no guarantees in life, don't speak as though they all turn into studs.
It's not "way of the world." Not in my opinion. Some coaches operate that way, but the teams that recruit the best are always the ones that win consistently year after year. A vast amount of schmoozing is not required. We are not a top recruiting team because we are South Carolina. We haven't won any championships. We are a recruiting much better lately because Spurrier is respected because HE has won a lot and we have won a lot of games recently under him. It's pretty much that simple.
Yes, I understand you guys not getting Clowney was hard but I don't think you guys quit recruiting....
Yes, I really did. Take your garnet colored-glasses off. Go look at the roster when Clowney was a frosh. Then, go look at our current roster. It's not even close, and last year's record reflected it. This year will be worse.
I can't see your roster...can you post a link....? Your staff has some problems I am sure but it has nothing to do with the Gamecock staff. I would think your fellow fan base might be able to help you out though. You should get off FGF for a while and go visit them....
Top twenty classes certainly help, but you still have to find a way to win with that kind of talent. It also makes it harder when a #19 national average only puts at like #7-8 in your conference every year. It should be good enough to get the job done if the coaches do a good job developing and team building. As I have said and will continue to say, recruiting is not our issue. It's not an acceptable excuse. Getting outcoached is more of an issue.
No, we need coaches that can coach the talent better. If we are top 20 there should not be that much of a talent gap with top 10 classes. We certainly can't be doing what had the last few years and let our LBs leave and have a bunch of freshmen try to replace them and then go through the same again the next year with DE and CB. The next wave of players need to be ready at every position every year.
