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Message: [QUOTE="nzm136, post: 952580, member: 2531"] I'm sure that these guys are solid in terms of personality, knowledge, and skill, and I like their geographic background, but I feel underwhelmed. None of them have big BCS resumes. I know that we're only talking about assistant coaches, but guys like Greg Atkins were nationally known recruiters who have a proven history of effectively developing talent at very high levels. The same goes for Vanderlin and Larry Johnson. I'm not saying that we should hire those guys specifically (2/3 are on the wrong side of the ball, and the 3rd is coaching for the Bills). I'm simply saying that star power at the assistant level exists, and I really wish that we would have landed someone who was a sure thing to take us to the next level. I get that a lot of this has to do with fit, and HCSS comes from a MAC background, so he (and the rest of his coaching staff) may feel more comfortable around coaches with similar backgrounds (g5/FCS/DIII). Admittedly, that's very important. Don't get me wrong. But, if we want to be consistently good, our HC has to think bigger. Small programs (i.e. MAC programs) have produced some very good coaches, and many of them have gone on to find success in competitive BCS programs (HCSS was a great example of this when we first hired him as a DC). Those are the type of guys that we should target. Sure, they are harder (i.e. more expensive) to get, but if we want to consistently compete towards the top of a very competitive P5 conference, we have to spend money (and we DO have money...we were ranked #35 in terms of revenue last year, despite a BIG EAST conference payout, and we have enough political support to seriously consider building a $500 million stadium while building a $17 million ITP, three years after building a $19 million basketball training facility). [/QUOTE]

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