On Feb 4, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Mark Thomas wrote:
Connelly agrees that past success breeds future success, just like
recruiting does, but wrote in an email that it’s hard to study the
two factors separately. “It’s hard to isolate the two, however,
because there aren’t really any good examples of a team succeeding
on the field while seeing their recruiting plummet,” Connelly
wrote. One current example: Florida, Texas and Alabama are the
three schools to rank in the top five of ESPN, Rivals and
Scout.com; they’re also the three schools to finish atop the
rankings last season.
Well, it's not that tough.
Each of the three schools had mediocre results under their prior staff.
Compare how much of their turnarounds occurred when their staffs
change, and how much accrued over time as top-rated recruiting
classes matured.
-Zeb
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