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The Myth About Keeping Sark To Save Recruiting
Look no further than our buddy, Jim Mora at UCLA. When Rick Neuheisel was fired on Novemeber 29th, 2011, UCLA had 7 verbal commitments. UCLA had one 4*, three 3*'s, and three 2 *'s. Just like with UW now, there was really nothing to save.
Come signing day, UCLA finished with the #12 ranked class on Scout. Point is, if UW hired the right coach, we could still finish with a good recruiting class, probably much better than with a lame duck coach who can no longer sell the future. We are no longer a team on the rise. Four years in a row with at least four conference losses says it all. This is a team stuck in the mud. Recruits don't care about stadiums, facilities, and young coaches if those teams are not any good. Recruits want to play for winners.
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If Pool Boy can hire a good coach then he should have no problem retaining this piss poor class and adding some good kids to the class.
Recruiting isn't the problem anyways. Sark has had ranked classes every year but the team is still in the same spot as it was in 2010.
We need a coach who can recruit well and can also coach up his kids. While Sark most of his kids regress over time.
Scott Woodward has been an innovative leader in sports, higher education and government for more than twenty-five years, building a national reputation as an executive with integrity who produces results.
Doesn't seem he is behaving as an executive with respect to the football program. Nor is there any integrity. The only results have been a return to mediocrity. If he keeps Sark, then I hope he defaults on the bonds to build his shiny new stadium.
The response: "That's UCLA. Anyone can recruit there. Mora didn't do anything special. And Rick was way worse at UCLA than Sark has been at UW. Totally different situations.