His 4* transfers were basically washouts that we took in like strays. To act like he was a good recruiter is to laser focus on his one good class and especially Gibbs. Take away Choice's recruits which pretty much carried every class, and I doubt anyone would say Collins can recruit. He did prove that GT can attract top players, which is a datapoint we desperately needed to understand. We needed to get past the "nobody good wants to come here" woe is me bullshit.
Some people are really, really missing the boat on Deion, and I tell you why. Deion would be a mediocre candidate 10 years ago. Back then you had to build a program. Hell, three years ago when we hired collins you had to build a program. The seismic shift to free transfers at will, and paid players, ends the days of building a program.
There is no head coach out there that will be a magnet for attracting top players like Deion. Nobody even close. The blueblood programs can attract top players, but its the programs doing that, not the coach. We would be the first to attempt to build a team off a cult of personality. And I don't see how that would not be wildly successful. We would be on every transfer list on day one if we hired Deion. Black kids want to be in Atlanta.
Obviously the risk is can we then take top talent and win with it? Sure. Look at Clemson beating Wake. Wake is us going with the world class coaching staff option. Clemson is us going with a team of 4s and 5s.
It is obvious Deion and his staff at JSU are good enough to win games. They are not clueless. And if they can't sustain that 11-2/4-0 level of success when they move up to the big leagues, it will be easier to attract top position coach replacements after Deion comes in and pulls the top recruits.
