Given that Parity....

[BigPapaVol]

is the trend in college football (heck, sports in general), the coaching staff is now more important than ever in the team's level of success. What does that say about our recent decline in football and our recent surge in hoops?

 

[Lexvol]

is the trend in college football (heck, sports in general), the coaching staff is now more important than ever in the team's level of success. What does that say about our recent decline in football and our recent surge in hoops?

I you are implying that we should keep CPF until the rest of the country catches up with our mediocrity, I say you are dead wrong.

 

[Cartervol]

is the trend in college football (heck, sports in general), the coaching staff is now more important than ever in the team's level of success. What does that say about our recent decline in football and our recent surge in hoops?

I think most of us know the answer to that. So i won't go into detail to get all the fulmerites up in arms this morning. Calling people haters and such for not being in love with phil.

 

[VOLnFLORIDA]

It sure is important with recruiting...he who wins recruiting wins games.

 

[Brojan]

If you want REAL parity in college football....then everyone have the SAME admission standards.

 

[TampaVol18]

"It sure is important with recruiting...he who wins recruiting wins games."

But you actually have to coach them once they are on campus. We recruit well, but what happens to so many of those 4 and 5 star players once they are here....

 

[BigPapaVol]

what I'm getting at is the fact that talent gaps used to determine football outcomes. now, even with great recruiting results, those talent gaps are greatly diminished across the top 25-50 schools, thus putting coadhing at an even greater premium. Top 20 style recruiting classes can win at the highest levels, because it's such an inexact science. I'm thinking that I could forgo some of the recruiting accolades for impact coaching. Huge talent differentials aren't likely to happen again across the best programs, so we had better be prepared to outcoach some people, in preparation and on the field.

Vol hoops is a great example of exactly what I'm saying. We haven't had any of the top recruiting classes when compared to the football team, yet coaching philosophy, style of play, and good (not great, mind you) talent have us prepped to compete at the highest levels.

I know much of this is obvious, but I think parity has massively changed the landscape for a guy like Fulmer. He can recruit with anyone, but the value of great recruiting (while still high) has diminished with the recent trend. All the while, actual player development, preparation and game coaching has increased in importance. I think we're seeing the results of that inversion on the football field.