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Originally Posted by brutus2002
The bigger question is who is gonna play DL for them next year.
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That's the biggest rub of this whole situation. Recruits are committing earlier and earlier these days. No real "blue-chippers" on defense are very high on um. The CB from Arkansas (whatshisname) mentioned them a couple months ago and we haven't heard much since. They have shots at a couple "under the radar" type guys, but defensive recruiting for DickRod isn't the same as offense. He can recruit these ping-pong balls on offense and get production from them due to the system he runs. Not so on defense. On defense, he's still gonna need to bring in big time recruits. He never did that at wvu (on D) and is struggling to get any to notice him now at um. I don't know if it's a lack of trying or if the big-time defensive prospects um used to be able to reel in are looking elsewhere because of DR's reputation.
Save the "he's just getting settled in at um, it'll come around" crap too. He's a name coach at a name university. He shouldn't have such a hard time attracting "name" recruits. Les Miles recruited immediately at LSU, Meyer at UF, Saban did at 'Bama, hell even Randy Shannon with the Canes in shambles is reeling in good classes. I'd be nervous about DickRod's defensive recruiting prowess if I were a scUMmer (God forbid).