It's not a conspiracy. There's some smoke to some things.
Exactly. I think Stoops is a good coach, but he would need to recruit better to have the same type of record in the west. Tennessee finally has their first good coach since Fulmer. It?s going to be more difficult now with them improving. I still think Florida will be better with Napier in a few years. Stoops also benefitted from South Carolina and Missouri making some bad hires, but Beamer might make them better again too. I think he might leave UK in a year or two if he sees UT, UF, USCe and possibly Missouri all improving.
By the way, Mark Stoops has never won in Starkville. Not once. He's also 0-10 in SEC west road games.
That's not really responsive to the part about him being in the SEC East. Not clear which way that cuts though. On the one hand, he's probably not good enough to win in the SEC West (and by win in the SEC West, I just mean have around a .500 SEC record) and it would have probalby just prolonged the pain if we let a coach like Stoops stick around. On the other hand, the fact that the SEC W is harder means that we probably should be more realistic about what a "winning" coach looks like.
It is responsive. What division he is in has no influence on firing a coach after 2 to 3 seasons. That's a commitment to the coach and that shows up in recruiting over time. A steady change of coaching usually shows up as a negative in recruiting. Now, if you want to talk about UK in the east? I laid that out. UK was losing in the east before he got there. They were losing in the east for how many seasons after he got there? The point is they allowed him to build that program and a program like that takes time to build.
We will never hire any coach that is going to make MSU an instant recruiting giant. What we can do is show stability and loyalty and recruits see it. So you begin to attract a few more higher rated players every year because relationships are built. We have already took it on the chin by moving our freshmen into starting positions and that allows our new recruits to gain a lot of experience prior to starting... raising the level to a constant. No more 5 to 6 years to have a shot. Every year be in a position to have a shot.