If you don't think Burden was a product of NIL money, you're more confused than you let on...Yosef10 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 28, 2022 10:27 amYou’re missing the point though. He was barely on campus 12 months, you’re surprised we didn’t have 2 good recruiting classes? Like I said, if you take the time to go look through first year HC classes, you’ll find that most are a disaster. We had that in back to back years. If he “couldn’t recruit”, he wouldn’t have landed Luther Burden. It’s sad to see how petty this fan base is when it feels spurned.AppStateNews wrote: ↑Wed Dec 28, 2022 10:18 amNobody is upset het went from SBC to SEC. Hell, I'd wager nobody is upset about his lack of recruiting. People are just pointing out he couldn't recruit and it's showing now.Yosef10 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 28, 2022 10:12 amHe’s still talked about because a borderline unbearable fan base 3 years later still finds a way to whine about a 13-1 season with wins over UNC and USC. It’s honestly insane how personal some folks take a coach going from the SBC to the SEC. It was a no brainer and will always be a no brainer.Yosef84 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 28, 2022 8:32 amI'm not a Drinkwitz hater. Nor am I a big fan. I think he did a good job for the year he was here, but I wouldn't say he did a great job. Yes, we beat UNC and South Carolina, but we also lost to Georgia Southern. He was a good play caller until he went conservative (way too early in my opinion) and almost lost both of those games against the Carolinas. I honestly don't know why we continue to talk about him. He did some good things and some things he didn't do well. That could be said for just about any coach out there. Congrats to Drink on his raise and extension. Seems he's done a decent job at Missouri.BambooRdApp wrote: ↑Tue Dec 27, 2022 10:01 pmI disagree with that perspective. Drink gave us a 13-1 season. You just do not trot football players out on the field and roll the ball out and play. He was a great play caller on the offensive side of the ball. I am not sure we beat either UNC or USC in 2019. He may not have done much with relationships and recruiting. He got the most out of the players that were on the roster.
And to those whining about recruiting, it was never going to be a seamless transition of 3 head coaches in 3 years. If you actually take the time to look at the data, you’ll see that, before the introduction of the portal, and even after, the “first” recruiting class for a newly hired HC is nearly always a disaster, and we had that back to back years.
I'll have to go back and do the research (on a phone and hard to do) when I get back home to my computer, but a quick look at the recruiting classes shows Drink did not do it well and is the reason we are left with limited talent at important positions.
Guy cannot recruit. He couldn't recruit anywhere he's been. And he failed to recruit here because he knew he would be leaving.
Fun fact -- Clark and Watts had to extend their recruiting footprint because Drink would not do it. He didn't care. Several times he had a scheduled recruiting visit at a school, he just didn't show up. There were 3 instances of home visits that just didn't happen because he didn't go. No warning, nothing. Just a no show.