I have gone back and looked at how this board reacted to the past 3 hires to see if there is any difference between them. It seems we were pumped about oleary, glum about gailey, and 50/50 with cpj. I'm seeing a negative Nancy approach this time around, where nobody is really sure what to think. Including me. People had very sure opinions on previous hires, this time it's a different feel.
If there's one thing in life I feel confident saying: stingtalk posts are not good predictors of coaching quality.
Let's remember what the experts here reached near consensus on regarding recent coaching hires:
- Dabo is a clown, downgrade from Bowden
- Smart will make UGA look stupid for parting ways with Richt
- Miami lucked out with Richt falling in their laps
- ACC coastal coaching has upgraded with Fedora, Fuente, Bronco, etc.
Edit: don't forget that when Paul came in and was talking about refocusing on recruiting Georgia, the consensus on this board was that it was exactly what we needed to do. Years later, I think he realized his mistake and tried casting a wider net, but mbob, who wasn't part of the original decision, didn't recommit the resources and it was too late anyways. We never talk about THAT decision when we postmortem the recruiting successes and failures and our ability to assess coaching staffs. While we're at it, though, why don't we talk about what Vince Dooley did right and wrong.