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re: How close was Dooley to being fired after the UK loss? Very close
Posted on 5/19/12 at 11:34 pm to UTVols2618
Posted on 5/19/12 at 11:34 pm to UTVols2618
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I will believe you if you name me one SEC champion without a top 10 recruiting class. Recruiting is the most important thing in college football. Petrino is arguably the best xs and os coach out there, but he has to resort to second tier players. Until I see a team win a national championship or SEC championship without a top 10 recruiting class, I believe Petrino has a ceiling. Arky is in a very good position because of him now and if you all get a great recruiter, Arky has a very real possibility of winning the SEC.
his disadvantage with recruiting was specifically Arkansas and for whatever reason the recruiting people would always rank our recruits low. For example Brandon Allen at Fayetteville, he committed as a 3 star went on to final at a 4 star but would have been a 5 star had he committed to LSU who recruited him. The BIG recruits follow the BIG programs and the stars and money follows. Just the way it is.
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Posted on 5/19/12 at 11:42 pm to HawgAlude
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his disadvantage with recruiting was specifically Arkansas and for whatever reason the recruiting people would always rank our recruits low. For example Brandon Allen at Fayetteville, he committed as a 3 star went on to final at a 4 star but would have been a 5 star had he committed to LSU who recruited him. The BIG recruits follow the BIG programs and the stars and money follows. Just the way it is.
Come on now, you can't honestly believe that. Brandon Allen committed in 2010, but was in the 2011 recruiting class. He probably didn't camp that much because he knew where he was going. It would have been hard for the rivals writers to see him early in the process. They see him in his high school games and they bump him up. If he was a 5 star, he would have had a lot more offers, it doesn't matter if he committed early or not.
Im going by the 2011 class:
Whitehurst's best offer besides Arky was Eastern Michigan.
Brett Weir had only one offer and that was Arky.
Kody Walker had Mizzou and Minnesota.
Robert Thomas was only Arky.
Chris Stinger's was USF and Kstate.
Keiro Small only had one offer.
Mitch Smothers was a great prospect and probably should have been ranked higher. 17th guard in the nation really good tho.
Jashuad Sims only had one offer and it was Arky.
Those are a few examples. They couldn't have missed that bad.
Posted on 5/19/12 at 11:58 pm to HawgAlude
The real problem is the baggage, make no mistake about it. Petrino the coach is obviously good enough, recruiting and all.
The Kiffin and Pearl fiascos negate any chance of it.
While recruiting would need to improve, that is far from the reason we wouldn't hire him.
The Kiffin and Pearl fiascos negate any chance of it.
While recruiting would need to improve, that is far from the reason we wouldn't hire him.
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