Quote Originally Posted by KOdawg1 View Post
You could also argue that the previous year was the best recruiting class the state of Mississippi ever had, and he managed to let most of the big fish go out of state with OM under probation. There's no doubt Joe tried harder than Mullen and his staff. They put way more effort into it. But other than landing a few prospects that Mullen wouldn't have, I don't think it made that much of a difference. We're always going to recruit in the 20-30 range. I expect the same with Leach unless we just start taking the West by storm, which isn't impossible I guess
It's really hard to figure since Mullen would have been on some different recruits. Mullen definitely doesn't sign Shrader, Marks, probably not Cross and several others that Joe was on, so that could mean that Mullen could have signed top 30ish, or in the best case, around the same, or....he could have shit the bed in the rankings. Joe is more likable to kids so he was a better recruiter of the more sought after prospects than Mullen. Mullen's claim to fame is finding players that will optimize his system, regardless of rating.