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[QUOTE="Scooch, post: 1165383, member: 628"]
I simply disagree.

The recruiting landscape in 2014 bears no resemblance to what it did in 1985 or 1995.  More programs recruit "nationally", there is much more competition in our 5-hour recruiting radius, and technology has made quietly landing "diamonds in the rough" much more difficult.

The disparity in funding between SU and the large, public schools that make up the majority of P5 programs has grown considerably.

SU's success in the 80s and 90s was very much in part due to how innovative we were in recruiting (African-American QBs that most other programs wanted to play other positions, turning DBs to LBs and LBs to DLmen to increase team speed, raiding Florida well before most northeast teams, etc) and in our scheme (freeze option, etc).  My concern since the late days of the Pasqualoni era right on through today is that we have been chasing trends, not innovating.

I've always likened SU to a small market MLB team.  We're the A's compared to the Florida States and Alabamas being the Yankees and Dodgers.  Small market teams thrive by being nimble, innovative and ahead of the curve.  I can't say that SU has been any of those for a long time.

We're not going to get better looking back.  We gotta look ahead.
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