It's really that simple to me.
Alabama's recruiting classes year-in and year-out are significantly better than ours. Over the last 5 years, they have signed 22 5* recruits. We have signed two. Their average recruit has been a 4*. Ours is about 3.5*. Their practices are probably more competitive than most of their games.
Nick Saban >>>> BK. He is also the defect DC. He is way more experienced and proven than Clark Lea. Same story with Steve Sarkesian and Tommy Rees. They aren't even close in terms of experience and success.
Honestly, I don't know how you close the recruiting gap. If someone else does, I would love to hear it.
After Elko left, I think that Lea was the best choice for DC. But he's not Nick Saban at this point. The next hire has to be someone who will keep pushing the defense up the ladder. Getting the most out of the talent that we have on it. That should be good enough to compete at the highest level.
Hiring Rees made no sense to me. Unless it was a situation where it is really BK as the OC. I haven't seen great improvement in the players when he was the QB coach. That weakness is all on BK.
Alabama's recruiting classes year-in and year-out are significantly better than ours. Over the last 5 years, they have signed 22 5* recruits. We have signed two. Their average recruit has been a 4*. Ours is about 3.5*. Their practices are probably more competitive than most of their games.
Nick Saban >>>> BK. He is also the defect DC. He is way more experienced and proven than Clark Lea. Same story with Steve Sarkesian and Tommy Rees. They aren't even close in terms of experience and success.
Honestly, I don't know how you close the recruiting gap. If someone else does, I would love to hear it.
After Elko left, I think that Lea was the best choice for DC. But he's not Nick Saban at this point. The next hire has to be someone who will keep pushing the defense up the ladder. Getting the most out of the talent that we have on it. That should be good enough to compete at the highest level.
Hiring Rees made no sense to me. Unless it was a situation where it is really BK as the OC. I haven't seen great improvement in the players when he was the QB coach. That weakness is all on BK.
