So you "love" him... then compare him to Dan Mullen who failed because he was in over his head at a high profile program and lacked leadership ability? The "love" just drips off that.
I make no predictions. I like Heupel's coaching ability and aggressive philosophy of play. I LOVE the leadership he's shown so far within the program and AD. Instead of being in over his head he shows lots of signs of having found his niche. He may yet fail but being a "Dan Mullen" won't be the cause.
Recruiting was always a question. It is a question. It will always be a question. That is true of every program. As successful as they've been, Bama/OSU/UGA are no more than a couple of poorly evaluated classes (coach evaluations not recruiting site) from falling off. Clemson has fallen off some even as they've continued to have classes the recruiting sites "loved". Their "drop" is a little relative record wise because they play in the ACC.
What I mean is that 12 of the 14 SEC schools were in 247's top 30 most talented rosters in 2022. The ACC had 5 of 14. If you are truly a top 5 most talented team... you should cut through that conference like a hot knife through butter. You shouldn't lose to USCe and shouldn't be beaten badly by UT.
But it is fairly apparent that the roster Dabo put together wasn't as strong as previous rosters... probably not an actual top 5 or maybe top 10 roster.
Right. You do not have his level of integrity so you think he shouldn't have it either. I'm not canonizing the guy but EVERYONE who comes in contact with him says he's genuine and consistent. He is faithful to who he is as a man first and the rest comes after that. You have no idea what kind of "salesmanship" he's sprinkling in. None. Stop criticizing things you have NO evidence for. He may suck hard as a "salesman". But over time, the most successful salesmen and companies are the ones who do not lie to potential "customers".
Salesmen live and die by their reputation... and customers talk. He should do what he's doing and be consistent with his culture, leadership, and "sales pitch". He will win some battles. He will lost some battles. But his losses won't be because he misled recruits.
Proof besides your bias and assumptions? They've won recruits. They've lost recruits. You do understand that every single coach and program does that, right? Heupel and UT won Nico against Saban. Saban is probably the most elite recruiter in a generation. But... since they might miss on a 5'10" DB... you think they aren't doing it right.
Yeah. You are the expert, right? And besides that you are clairvoyant. You "know" things about how they do things... because the spirits tell you? You have dreams? Or FAR MORE LIKELY... you are just so arrogant that you think your bias is fact without regard to the actual facts.
No. It doesn't. More than a few posters here are able to recognize ACTUAL weaknesses fairly. You aren't one of them.
Ah... so you don't "disapprove of them on the whole"... but then directly contradict yourself with this comment. EVERY coach including Smart, Saban, and the lot makes mistakes and poor evaluations. But really... who do you think YOU are to judge that? That's your problem. That is why although you seem to think you are getting some sort of validation by making these know it all posts... you are actually being laughed at by most of the posters here for being ignorant and vain.
This just reveals how very little you understand about leadership, coaching, or managing people. Milton won the job in practice. There was no returning starter. There was no one who had proven they could get the job done. They only had what they observed in practice. Fans saw virtually NONE of the meaningful practices where they worked through scrimmages and situations. That especially includes YOU. The media who were allowed to see more of the competition said openly that Milton was far and away the best performer. Any credible coach would have made the same decision. You give the job to the guy who EARNS it.
Milton didn't play as well as expected. Everyone noticed. Your conjecture about what would have happened had Milton not had a MINOR injury is about as worthless as all of your other conjecture. Milton was ready to go the next week and Hooker started. That's a better indicator of where Heupel's head was than your assumptions.
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