Originally posted by CougEd:
that it has nothing to do with recruiting and the athletes they are getting, but the quality of the candidate. Like recruiting where Biggs says you better pick a chair cause the music is about to stop. Some could say all the viable candidates have been picked through. Or maybe better put, all the big names that seem to please the masses.
In terms of recruiting, not having a DC announced only gave one person an excuse to back out of his commitment-Austin Joyner. Whether it is husky arrogance or real depth of knowledge I do not know, but people who follow Husky recruiting were on KJR and they said after Joyner made his commitment that he will never end up at WSU, and when the UW offered that is where he would go. Dumb luck, solid analysis, or husky arrogance I do not know. But they were spot on.
As for the rest of the commitments clearly they want to play football, and they trust Leach to get them someone who will teach it and put them in position to make plays. Those are the kind of players you want at the end of the day.
In terms of how much time it has taken. I guess for some Moos set an expectation. He made it sound like in 7-10 days all these coaches will be jumping to get in our bed. If he simply said we will take as long as it takes to get the right fit, then I would suggest some of the masses would have different expectations.
The other issue with time is that it is not typical. Most of the time these things are locked up in two weeks. As for me, other than thinking it is longer than normal, and some things happened behind the scenes, I am patient and have seen people mock USC when Carroll was their fourth to fifth choice, and ASU when Graham was at least as low as their third choice if not their fourth. These things have a way to work out.
This post was edited on 1/9 11:07 AM by CougEd
