Strictly Hypothetical

[grizrgood]

This thread exposes a more obvious point. How important is recruiting versus great coaching?

The coaching topic is very complex -
1. Do you have discipline
2. Are you respected by your players
3. Do you have comprehension of the fine nuances of the game
4. Do you have the right assistants in place
5. Can you make adjustments
6. Are you running the correct schemes with the talent you have

Recruiting -
1. Are you signing the top talent available and will they produce within two years.

Bottom line - We are not going to win the NC if we don't have the right horses in the stable. The North Dakota boys are winning because they have top talent right now. In case you didn't notice, we had average talent at a few key positions last year. I don't care who was coaching, we were not going to be a contender.

Good post!
Obviously good coaching is a large part of winning in college football but recruiting can't be undervalued!! Look at the Nebraska and Oklahoma teams with Osborne and Switzer, solid coaching for sure (option offenses and powerful defenses) but look at all the NFL guys on those teams!

 

[polsongrizz]

Delaney has absolutely zero reason to be the HC of this team, period. He should have had the balls at the end of this season to do the right thing and quit. Haslem should have done that for him if he was to ignorant to do it himself.
BTW, I have nothing against him as a person, just as a Head Football Coach.

congrats...you are correct.

Thanks for sayin' that, stubbins! :thumb:

Pols doesn't hear that kinda' stuff very often...

I am always right, I told myself so... :mrgreen:

 

[grizare#1]

I hate to say it but I think a couple years ago we would have been right at the top but now with the expansion teams and the quality that those teams bring in its going to be tough to be the whipping boys of the BSC, hope I'm wrong.

 

[grizrgood]

I hate to say it but I think a couple years ago we would have been right at the top but now with the expansion teams and the quality that those teams bring in its going to be tough to be the whipping boys of the BSC, hope I'm wrong.

I don't think we want to be the whipping boys, maybe the whippers?

 

[Gaeilge1]

My issue with Coach Delaney is his seeming inability to overrule bad decisions by his assistant's. I am not certain of this but it appeared on a relatively frequent basis last year that Coach Delaney delegated the authority to run each unit to his coordinator's and assistant coaches but then never pulled things together into a cohesive all encompassing game plan! The offense stagnated regardless of who the quarterback was, the secondary never really put it together and special teams were simply a joke.

It appeared, at least from my standpoint that Delaney as head coach did not intervene much and didn't display much of a backbone when he did. Case in point was that SUU game. Lest we forget, special teams ran that ill advised punt coverage TWICE in that game. One led to a muffed punt and a score, the second to a fake punt and a score. Combined SUU converted 10 points of those two plays, and guess what the final margin was? 10 points.

Hopefully Coach Delaney will exert more HC control this year and will exercise some veto power when necessary. I think everyone, players and assitants, will respond better if they know that there is one guy with ultimate authority and he is not afraid to utilize it when necessary. I didn't see that last year.