You make a very good point. But some offers and commitments did not make a whole lot of sense. You also should point out that UT had the most scholly offers out there.For all his faults of not going after some of the big names, Dooley did prove to me that he could evaluate some under the radar guys and wasn't afraid to go on a limb and offer them early. I remember when we were the first to offer Davis, then AU followed and now UF at the very end. We're just not in the position to get in on kids late and have them flip very often, like Bama and UF.
You make a very good point. But some offers and commitments did not make a whole lot of sense. You also should point out that UT had the most scholly offers out there.
You have commitable offers and then you have offers to other guys that are more of back up offers. It seemed that he would accept the commitments of the back up offers too early.
For all his faults of not going after some of the big names, Dooley did prove to me that he could evaluate some under the radar guys and wasn't afraid to go on a limb and offer them early. I remember when we were the first to offer Davis, then AU followed and now UF at the very end. We're just not in the position to get in on kids late and have them flip very often, like Bama and UF.
Randolph is really the only "under the radar" guy Dooley got that has overachieved. Now he's got a bum knee.
I said his ability to evaluate and offer under the radar guys before others, not close on them. When Dooley offered Davis he had 0 offers and was unranked. Now he's a top 30 LB on his way to an 11-1 BCS program. Muschamp waited 6 months to offer this kid, Dooley didn't.