Some good points here.
But, that first class that just gathered bodies was HIS FAULT. He insisted on continuing to work for Bama for an additional month to 45 days to gather another ring for his finger, when he should have been working for UT on the recruiting trail. He gets no pass from me on the pieced together first class. He owns that, along with his ring from Bama.
He recruited and signed most of his class during the break.
There was limited time to recruit, evaluate, etc. The reports from all was he when not at practice recruited nonstop. Still the length of time which was short vs a year or two building a relationship is a lot, Essentially they were recruiting and picking though left overs and those that they could flip.
He signed on to do a job at Bama and he saw the year though. I have no problems with that or anyone doing that.
We knew this problem before he was hired a very short time left before the ESP.
Not trying to excuse him, just when you look at all the factors involved, event though it upsets me, I can not in good conscious judge him on that class.
This is as big of a turn around that Majors faced, the cupboard was that bare and the culture sucked.
I do think we need a new QB coach, Neids needs to go back to TE's, we need a LB coach, maybe a new S&C coach, the DL and OL coaches need to be good hires as well.
