Heard a long discussion on ESPN radio over the weekend about the significance of talent and coaching in major college football.
One of the hosts was saying he has talked to a number of Division I head coaches who've told him it's much more about the "Jimmy's and Joe's" than the X's and O's. In other words, successful recruiting is the foundation of building and maintaining a winning program.
To that way of thinking, Mike Leach seems to have recruited very well judging from WSU's 13-5 conference record over the past two seasons and three bowl trips since 2013.
By all accounts, the football facilities have improved greatly in Pullman since Leach arrived. So was it lack of recruiting success that derailed his predecessors? Would Paul Wulff and Bill Doba have won a bunch more ballgames and been in the hunt for conference titles if they managed to bring in the horses like CML?
Hopefully Leach retires in the Palouse, but if not, is a Grade A recruiter what WSU needs to target for the next coach?
One of the hosts was saying he has talked to a number of Division I head coaches who've told him it's much more about the "Jimmy's and Joe's" than the X's and O's. In other words, successful recruiting is the foundation of building and maintaining a winning program.
To that way of thinking, Mike Leach seems to have recruited very well judging from WSU's 13-5 conference record over the past two seasons and three bowl trips since 2013.
By all accounts, the football facilities have improved greatly in Pullman since Leach arrived. So was it lack of recruiting success that derailed his predecessors? Would Paul Wulff and Bill Doba have won a bunch more ballgames and been in the hunt for conference titles if they managed to bring in the horses like CML?
Hopefully Leach retires in the Palouse, but if not, is a Grade A recruiter what WSU needs to target for the next coach?