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BOs ego is why we have the current assts and who by his position is required to LEAD. Because he chose to avoid strong leaders who may have conflicted with his "ego" their shortcomings are his shortcomings, no excuses. This applies not only to on field performance but recruiting as well.

I guess this could explain a lot of SD's issues with HCBO - when I read this it screams "you didn't hire Coach Kul as your DC!" We'll never know how that would have worked out, but it did not appear that they would've necessarily worked well together.

In addition to being a true son, BO was in fact an in demand DC. It's not like if KState hires Snyder's son. If we make this hire a year later and someone like Les Miles is sitting there available maybe they go for the big name rather than promoting from within, but that's not what occurred. Big candidates weren't lining up to coach here and fight off all the baggage MU has acquired the last few years on the recruiting trail.

BO's the coach, and now he needs to win. If they can win 8+ games this year he has a chance to get some of the remaining MO kids or even flip some of those that have verballed elsewhere. They've not signed elsewhere yet. Winning is the key.

As for Adoye (sp), something I read said the DC at Texas (Orlando?) had previously successfully recruited his brother, so there was a familial connection.

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Posted by Tiger97

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Posted on 6/5/17 at 2:40 pm to mitchs3

Thanks mitchs3. The Kul angle does make sense.

Cross is the 1 hire that has backfired a bit on Odom. The CB coach did not last long, but was not a big negative. He just moved on.

Cross looked like a solid hire when it was made for many, many reasons. Things did not go so well last year on the field. Maybe things will improve this year, and we'll see how his recruits pan out.

And thanks for the Adoye explanation. Makes a bit more sense now.

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