This topic is making my head hurt.
RU has had the backing of the state for decades? The amount of money the state gives us is the same as the 1980s.
We never had a coach until Schiano that could actually recruit, and for him it took until 2009 to actually have a top 30 class. And it took until 2011 for him to really get in with the top NJ HS programs.
As for the future, well, 2011 we had a top 30 class, 2012 we had a top 25 class, 2013 was a down year with a top 50 class (Flood's first class and mostly pre-B1G), and we're currently sitting with a top 20 class that should get better today with Hilliman committing (hopefully).
Take out the outlying years of 2006 and 2010 and our win totals since 2005 have been: 7,8,8,9,9,9.
The future seems bright, and it doesn't take a visionary to see that. Talent helps a lot. We have to make sure our coaches are up to par, but at least we have one part of the equation coming in. We're recruiting better than almost all of the B1G. No reason we can't make noise in a few years, if not next year.