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<blockquote data-quote="The Bell Tolls for Thee" data-source="post: 129503796" data-attributes="member: 1812660">I don't know who is saying its no good.&nbsp; It doesn't look great on paper, but like you illustrated it doesn't mean the players cannot become great contributors.&nbsp; I care about what those recruits do for WVU on the field and not what they did in high school.&nbsp; But seems to be a lot of talk about recruiting as being the ultimate driving force in competitive teams.&nbsp; While important, coaching means just as much.&nbsp; A good coach can take this 39th ranked class and compete with 4 teams that have a top 25 class (Snyder at KSU, Urban Meyer while at Utah).&nbsp; A piss poor coach can take a few top 10 ranked classes and run a program into the crapper (Coker and Shannon @ Miami). Anyone who thinks that coaching is not at least as important as &quot;recruiting ranks&quot; has an agenda or is mental.&nbsp; Just look at the WVU basketball team this year.&nbsp; Where did the last few recruiting classes rank?&nbsp; Sure they have had some stinkers out there, but they are competing with way higher &quot;ranked&quot; recruiting classes more often than not.&nbsp; Is it magic?&nbsp; Or is it coach Huggins getting the most out of his players and molding them to play in a system that seems to have success.&nbsp; Like I said however, most folks who say otherwise are just looking to push the agenda of &quot;recruiting class is not as good as other Big XII teams therefore WVU should not expect to compete with or beat those teams ... no matter who the coach is&quot;&nbsp; Well if coaching is that irrelevant, fire Dana and hire some jagoff for 400K a year.&nbsp; Don't tell me that a coach can hurt the program, but is powerless to help the program when recruiting rankings is the true ultimate driving force.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Bell Tolls for Thee, post: 129503796, member: 1812660"] I don't know who is saying its no good. It doesn't look great on paper, but like you illustrated it doesn't mean the players cannot become great contributors. I care about what those recruits do for WVU on the field and not what they did in high school. But seems to be a lot of talk about recruiting as being the ultimate driving force in competitive teams. While important, coaching means just as much. A good coach can take this 39th ranked class and compete with 4 teams that have a top 25 class (Snyder at KSU, Urban Meyer while at Utah). A piss poor coach can take a few top 10 ranked classes and run a program into the crapper (Coker and Shannon @ Miami). Anyone who thinks that coaching is not at least as important as "recruiting ranks" has an agenda or is mental. Just look at the WVU basketball team this year. Where did the last few recruiting classes rank? Sure they have had some stinkers out there, but they are competing with way higher "ranked" recruiting classes more often than not. Is it magic? Or is it coach Huggins getting the most out of his players and molding them to play in a system that seems to have success. Like I said however, most folks who say otherwise are just looking to push the agenda of "recruiting class is not as good as other Big XII teams therefore WVU should not expect to compete with or beat those teams ... no matter who the coach is" Well if coaching is that irrelevant, fire Dana and hire some jagoff for 400K a year. Don't tell me that a coach can hurt the program, but is powerless to help the program when recruiting rankings is the true ultimate driving force. [/QUOTE]

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