Driving to a funeral resulted in my listening to Rogers & Kupper on the radio, and for the first time this season I got a chance to just hear and appreciate just how many true freshmen were inserted into yesterday’s game and some of their contributions.
This is not in any way intended as some excuse for the horrible performance, but after witnessing these comparative Recruit Rankings to our Opponents (appearing on this site prior to our games); our recruiting HS talent does not appear to be the problem, as according to Rivals Star Rankings we stack up pretty well against the majority of ACC teams. (BC and Duke serve as a classic examples of doing more with less recruiting success by instilling a physical brand of football)
At the risk of “Mr Obvious” ......... our coaching from top to bottom is simply under performing. Not sure how we can blame Pete Sirmon or BVG ........... as neither one had sufficient time to influence the product on the field. Our playing so many true freshmen and underclassmen is an indication of a coaching staff that has failed to develop the Junior & Senior class kids during the 3 -4 year period. This falls directly on Bobby, particularly on the offensive side of the football.
This is not in any way intended as some excuse for the horrible performance, but after witnessing these comparative Recruit Rankings to our Opponents (appearing on this site prior to our games); our recruiting HS talent does not appear to be the problem, as according to Rivals Star Rankings we stack up pretty well against the majority of ACC teams. (BC and Duke serve as a classic examples of doing more with less recruiting success by instilling a physical brand of football)
At the risk of “Mr Obvious” ......... our coaching from top to bottom is simply under performing. Not sure how we can blame Pete Sirmon or BVG ........... as neither one had sufficient time to influence the product on the field. Our playing so many true freshmen and underclassmen is an indication of a coaching staff that has failed to develop the Junior & Senior class kids during the 3 -4 year period. This falls directly on Bobby, particularly on the offensive side of the football.
