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I don't think another coach will change a whole lot because our recruiting is always going to be subpar unless we have a great crop of in-state recruits. But at this point I'm ready to hand someone else the reigns and hope they prove me wrong.

The problem is the 2019 class is right around the corner and is the best instate class in quite a long time. I don't trust Bert to land them all and then it would be hard for a new coach to come in and land them all, unless it is someone that is an outstanding recruiter. At this point or next year, if we were to fire Bert, it would be hard to get a big name bc we'll be paying for Bert's buyout and the assistants buyouts. That means we'd have to hire someone somewhat unproven.

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Posted by Pigimus Prime

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Posted on 9/11/17 at 8:40 am to Pygthagorean Theorem

To me we either resign to be subpar or medicore or figure out a way to maximize recruitung with our limitations, coach players up, and implement a system that works for our talent and abilities. I am not a Petrino fan, and think firing him was probably the right thing to do, but I do believe we were on a track not seen in the modern era with his model. I think if we could win 8–11 games—year in, year out—our fanbase would be happy. Then is just a matter of hoping we could occassionaly have things go our way and win the conference and/or more.

A 7–6 ceiling is not going to cut it as that means 5–7 (or worse) is the downswing.

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