These are just opinions man. I just like to stir the pot. Are you saying that people who don't like the job Dooley has done are ignorant? Please shed some of your amazing brilliance on us.....
Well, since you ask, I'll point out yours. You say, "...I was under the impression we might need more than one o lineman in this class."
Well, in 3 seconds on Rivals you can easily see we have already taken
3 offensive linemen, including one of the top ranked in-state players, and are still recruiting several other high ranked out of state linemen. We likely will have a smaller class this year than years past due to scholly limits, so it's not like we can take 10 linemen.
It's pretty clear that this coaching staff has more of a commitment to recruiting in-state talent than any staff in the past decade or so. That said, they aren't interested in every good player in the state, just the ones we want, and we've missed on a few of those but have landed most (of the ones we want).
We recruit based on 1. ability 2. need 3. other factors (such as local). You don't offer Johnny because he's the best LB in Greene county, you offer him because Johnny is the LB that fits your teams needs regardless of where he lives. If two players are exactly equal, but one is from TN and one is from WI, you offer the local.
Another example from someone else....
Like I said, I've been preaching to give Dooley a fair chance. However, the program will be right back in a hole soon if they don't improve their recruiting.
That's just silly. Recruiting as well as we have
despite being terrible for 5 years is the only reason we even have a shot at climbing out of the hole. You don't go from terrible to awesome by signing one top 3 class, because no terrible team signs a top 3 class. You go from terrible to good by signing 3-4 top 10-15 classes, then once you are good you have a shot at signing some top 5 classes and being great.
