Quote Originally Posted by dawgday166 View Post
Dude ... get a grip will ya? What Mullen did with rosters are not because of recruiting finishes. Mullen was exceptional at player development. Mullen crapped the bed plenty coming down the stretch in recruiting. Even State7 can't deny that.

Mullen's classes from 2017 back to 2009 are as follows: 24, 28, 18, 36, 24, 22, 41, 30, 18.

This class gonna finish somewhere in mid-20's I imagine. Not what we were hoping for but about what we usually get. I'm gonna cut Joe a little slack for still learning on the job, just like I am for this last season (although the offense was a shit show against decent defenses).

Now we get to see if Joe can develop players too. And if he can get his offense going much better than he did last year. Maybe he can't do either, and he'll be gone in 2 or 3 years if that is case. Or maybe he can do those 2 things and will get better at recruiting after learning the ropes a little more this year. I'm also gonna say at least Joe and the football staff put in the effort. With Mullen the effort was lacking in recruiting at times.
I hate looking at national rankings when we are 6th/7th in our division. Mullen was good at exceeding recruiting rankings, but very few are. Will moorhead? Who knows, but his talent this year was as close as it will get to the upper west schools this season, and we won 8