But to add some input on the "being tough" discussion, it really all comes down to recruiting if you think about it. Bob Stitt is an aggressive recruiter in terms of "getting to know" his potential commits. This is how he determine if the player fits the culture. Shoot, it's the only way in my mind. You can watch the highlight tape all you want but if that personality isn't a fit, it simply won't work. You have to do some heavy digging at times to understand the personality of an 18 year old. If you bring the kid in, you believe he can adapt to the culture. Now if that player fails to adapt, as a coach I would take that as a failure on my part as a recruiter and coach.
But like some of you have stated, this happens every year at every college football program. Coaches miss on kids. It happens!!! When you bring recruits into your program, there is an expectation that the recruits knew what they were signing up for in terms of the culture and the type of coaching they will receive. As a coach, it would keep me up at night thinking "maybe I didn't recruit the kid the right way" or "maybe I wasn't completely honest with him" or whatever. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I could almost guarantee Bob Stitt feels sick for Dalton and him leaving the team. He really envisioned him being a great Grizzly, I can assure you that. I feel bad for every kid on every college program who doesn't get to live out his dream. Attrition sucks, plain and simple.
However, the WR position will always be loaded under Bob Stitt. The talent will always be there whether certain players leave or not. From a roster standpoint, Daum leaving is a wash because you can replace him with a recruit like Toure or Nash. Like I said, talent will continue to cycle in at the WR position.