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We can be elite. We should have depth with the skill positions next year.
There are certainly coaching areas that need an upgrade..
You can cover for a lack of talent at some positions but you can't cover for a lack of talent on the OL, opponents have figured out that our weakness is in the 5 guys who are supposed to block.
Just my opinion, but there seems to be a defensive coaching problem. Even with the best players, not sure this defense can stop anyone. The defensive game plan and philosophy is lacking. I don’t think we should place this solely on the players. They need coaches who set them up for success, not depend on them to carry this solely on their backs.
I don’t know if enough elite offensive/O-line players are going to want to come to a team that doesn’t play defense.
I would agree, but the recruiting issue lies at their feet too.
I don't think you understood what I was getting at. I see two issues here. One, they weren't good enough closing on really anyone up front last winter. I know they got Washington and Tyler Brown, but they needed to do more than that and just did not. At this point, I'm tired of talking about the Tyler Brown situation. Is it unfair that he can't play? Sure, but add him to this OL and it still isn't good enough. Two, coaching. You have to coach in a way that puts the talent you have in the best position possible to succeed. Having Shedeur take 3-5 step drops every play and totally giving up on the run game isn't that. Where the hell has McCaskill been all year?
When was the last time Kelly actually called a defense before he came here? He didn't do it at Alabama.
The OC creates personnel groups for various play packages.
They offered more OL guys than skill guys. Just the OL guys didn't value the offers from us and the skill guys did. The DL who weren't looking for a payday valued our offer but most of the good ones get paid and get handsomely paid. With us having no NIL. We were way behind the 8 ball for the OL on the HS or portal front.
You saying we handpicked these guys. I heard Louie luggage from another. We flat out sucked ass recruiting the OL. We recruited the OL worse than anything. Even though Seydou didn't work, he was a 4 star transfer who committed to the Buffs.
Big reason why OL coach must get upgraded in the offseason. Need a bagman who can teach technique.
I don't follow particularly closely, but I get the sense that they're working towards more OL/DL recruits but mostly leaving a number of schollies open to hit the portal hard again.
Did he have CU +17? If so, watch.
You’ll see some beautiful plays by Hunter. But you need to be a glass-half-full kind of person.
Which makes recruiting a problem, no?
It does but some posters trying to be funny.
Does it matter whether he hand picked them or missed on the ones he wanted? Half of the college game is recruiting. Prime hasn’t shown he can close on high end OL or DL. That’s not any better than what you’re suggesting
I said Louie luggage because that’s the most famous line of his entire coaching career to this point and there are only a few who qualify for that to this point
It’s as bad as watching the team in 2022.
I would say all of defense and skill positions. Everyone but the OL and that was an issue at JSU too. He's recruited the DL well in terms of young talent. He just hasn't landed many studs. Cokes and Domminick are good players but they aren't studs. We missed on every stud in the portal for the DL. LB generally is something we do really good when at JSU but we having landed NO one at CU. JuJu was a last minute guy who got kicked off of ASU. We gotta do better there as well.
No one of value wants to play for BOB and BOB has no desire to recruit. I guarantee this is what comes out to the public down the road.
You have followed Coach Prime more closely than anyone else on this site, I think. Why do you think he struggles to close OL in particular?
I think there’s something to be said about those guys never viewing CP as someone they wanted to “be” from a football standpoint because of the position differences. However, I imagine most of its due to those positions being the primary NIL targets and CU/CP has only recently gotten into that arena it would seem
Imo, it's because he underestimated the power of a NIL collective. Its obvious you need one to close on blue chip/ top transfers trench guys.
