re: The current crop of SEC head coaches is atrocious

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Seems like a huge issue is that so much emphasis has been put on recruiting, that great football mind/developers of talent are overlooked

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There was a time when Auburn fans didn't put much emphasis on recruiting. I distinctly remember folks calling the Gump's "star gazers", then laughing their asses off because Bama could only win the "recruiting national championship." Tubs won with by coaching up the "diamonds in the rough."

Something obviously changed over the last few years, as the focus changed to recruiting top talent because Saban was winning at an elite level on talent alone.

The reality is that it's hard as hell to gather a staff that evaluates talent, recruits at a high level AND develops the talent once it hits campus and at the same time they are capable and willing to evolve and adjust their schemes to fit the talent they have on hand.

To do it at an elite level consistently over an extended period of time is practically unheard of in this day and age of college football.