Couple of good things about the football program.....

[maroonmania]

I hear you, but, honestly, I just don't know enough facts about what's going on in recruiting to make definitive statements about what the problem is.

Perhaps there really isn't a problem. I mean, I think Mullen & staff are beginning to settle into being a top 18-22 recruiter & considering our local population, brand awareness & historical success on the field, 18-22 sounds about right & where we should be.

However, I think much of the perception of our recruiting issues comes from comparing our situation to Ole Miss. Ole Miss is out kicking their coverage right now in recruiting & have created a perception that we are failing, even though we are recruiting at about the level we should be.

Ole Miss is the fat, ugly frat boy that walks through the Grove with an extremely hot blonde with him & everyone stares with amazement at how the fat, frat guy landed her (I know everyone has done this at tailgate). It's unexplainable, and makes every other fat frat guy think he should be landing that hot blonde as well, when the reality is something different.

Well, we are really not even on the radar of national recruits outside the state of MS the way things are currently (even AFTER the #1 ranking) whereas OM absolutely is along with a lot of other SEC programs. Whatever the reasons, this is current reality. Now, the only way to counteract this is we have to do a dang good job in identifying more under the radar recruits that can be impact players in the SEC and develop better than most other SEC programs which is a challenging task as other SEC programs have excellent coaches as well. Its like a racing game where the competition gets a 2 to 3 second head start on you. Yes, you can potentially catch up with the correct strategy but you are at a disctinct disadvantage. One thing that is in our favor is that a lot of the hidden places in MS have recruits that are very underrated but need a LOT of polishing.