True. But those people don't mess around down there with mediocrity. If they see they made a mistake in their hires, they don't throw good money after bad. They cut their losses. It's what I do when I recognize I made a mistaken investment. I don't sit "hoping" for a turnaround. "Hope" is not an investment strategy. Nor is it a hiring strategy.
Miami went really big on the portal acquiring one of the top QB's available in Cam Ward, RB Damien Martinez and on the DL Simeon Barrow, and Tyler Baron. All big acquisitions.
Different situation. Both sit in a recruiting hotbed. Neither have had a lot of success in the last 20 years. After Spurrier: Zook, Strong, Meyer, Muschamp, Durkin, McElwain, Shannon, Mullen, Knox, Napier. All good coaches but only Meyer did well and he had questionable ethics.
They have a billionaire that makes contracts with athletes. He is the self appointed GM
The hidden police reports and deferred failed drug tests prove it also….Just saying
The difference is that Shane doesn’t get the money that the big schools get to pay our players.
OK. Don't you think then that Shane needs to show the ability to win "more with less"? They used to say with Bear Bryant: "He can take his and beat yours and take yours and beat his".
Go with your feeling and support Beamer and the team while waiting for the end of the 2025 season to make an evaluation and decision.
We have had 2 Top 10 portal classes and 2 Top 20 high school recruiting classes. The talent is there to win. Now we must show we know what to do with that talent. There should be no excuses.
The only way I would not wait until the 2025 season is if we implode this year, losing to a "gimme" or two. I don't see that happening. I believe the Charlotte Observer has it right, predicting we will go 7-5.
I don't really know what portal class rankings mean or what they are based on. In the vast majority of cases, you're hoping the transfer performs better at your school than he did at his previous school.
I'd imagine there's not nearly as much competition in girls softball for NIL and takes considerably less.
If you guys will contribute to me, I would be willing to act as the self appointed Billionaire.
As far back as you can see on 247, these our are classes since 2010 (national rank - SEC rank)
We have never been a recruiting powerhouse. People worried about our player talent vs the other teams............. I have said it before and I'll say it again: It's not easy to recruit to South Carolina. It never has been. It never will be. Regardless, we have had some good seasons. Why not again?
Spot on. They had more talent on paper in 2022, as well. I'm not downplaying player talent. But, it's not the "end all".
I don't think it was odd. I think what happened is that Spurrier was near the finish line. Everybody knew it, including those recruiting against us.
Carolina had much better LOS on both sides of the ball.Clemson had great WR but I think Carolina equal or better elsewhere during 5 yr stretch
The only thing that I don't like about that type of thought process is that pretty much every coach except the one that wins the national championship should be fired every year. Even if you say that about 12 teams have invested a great deal of NIL funds into players, have had multiple top 10 recruiting classes ,,,, 11 of the staffs should be fired.
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't recruiting to fill your needs what must be done. What good does it do to recruit a bunch of 4 and 5 star QBs if you are ignoring the other areas like the LOS.? Part of recruiting is figuring out where you are lacking and addressing those areas. Hopefully, Beamer has been recruiting the right way. I guess we will soon find out.
The question is how long do you give someone to prove it? 3 years? 5? Especially with a new head coach, but any coach will know more about their situation and how to coach in general in year 6 than year 2. Coaching isn't a static thing. Beamer isn't necessarily the best coach he's going to be yet.
