As bad as the AAC is..

[Duncan Idaho]

There is a different purpose to the coaching this year.

 

[Confident Carl]

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Okay, I'll bite, who had a worse mess in the 5 seasons after a BCS year and replacing a departing coach?

What was that formula? It certainly involved an upgrade in recruiting talent. For lack of a better evaluation tool, I am using Rivals and their national recruiting rankings for Uconn -
2004 #99
2005 #80
2006 #86
2007 #65
2008 #71
2009 #76
2010 #84
2011 #102 (the abyss part 1; 16 players)
2012 #78 (bounce back year for PP; big prize was Cochran)
2013 #65 (huge class with 25 players helps the ranking; also creates part of the # crunch today).
2014 #117 The abyss part II; 15 players)
2015 #100 (22 players)

While the evidence is not 100% consistent, it does say that if the strategy/formula is building a team that has under rated players with a few higher rated players mixed in, then getting recruiting to stay consistently in the 65-80 range is important. The 2014 and 2015 classes my be long on heart, effort and buy in but they need to significantly over perform. With this year being a small class, there can not be too many fliers.

Nice effort, thanks for the research.

 

[Carl Spackler]

There is a different purpose to the coaching this year.

You know this or just hoping?

I'm hopeful that the purpose is different no matter what, because last season didnt work to generate wins.