re: Gus - or - Hugh: Who Will Be Better?

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Ole Miss and State have different ceilings. DWI

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All things constant, there are a lot of things that aren't just going to "go away" with one good season. These are things that require longterm success therefor sort of a "ceiling" if you will.


Recruiting

Simple fact that MS does not put out the talent that a GA, FL or even AL does. There is talent but ya'll need to essentially do a clean sweep plus some. This past year's class was a perfect storm of circumstances and you likely won't see those initial conditions again. Until ya'll are winning consistently, ya'll won't be putting up top 5-10 classes

Talent

This should be a subsection of recruiting or vice versa. Right now, the talent level of Ole Miss is not that of Auburn and shouldn't be expecetd since AU has recruited at such a high level for years.

Recruiting will fix this but it will be a few years before a team of players recruited for Freeze's system and experienced with talent will be on a field

Facilities

Again, winning brings $ which brings new facilities. In the mean time, ya'll aren't like UTk and can't brag about having state of the art facilities. While you don't have poor facilities, it is not something you can sell recruits on. In terms of performance, improved facilities improve performance from weight rooms to rehabilitation to simulating conditions.

Fan Support

Ole Miss is notorious for brushing off losing but for ya'll to improve above your status, ya'lls fans need to be like :gulp: Bama fans. The fanaticism and overall obsession with the football aspect as opposed to the chandelier tailgates is huge.