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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 619138, member: 837"]
I fail to understand how parents are sending their kids to PSU, but I won't get into that. I think I agree with your general premise that we still need to see more success vs. our peers and I also think this staff -- given some of the upheaval at other schools, the plans for the IPF, etc. is primed for success.
 
What I would suggest, however, is that GRob actually began, from a talent perspective, to right the roster situation a bit. DM came in and got rid of a huge number of kids in the interest of changing the culture of the program (not really sure I agree with this trite sports cliche, but anyway ...). That set us back quite a bit in terms of depth, but then the subsequent classes really improved this overall talent on the roster.
 
So while we still struggled vs. our peers, in many ways, I do really feel like our recruiting has been much better the past few years than it was at the end of the P era (when about half of his classes actually got to campus and stayed for 3-4 years) or througout most of the GRob era. Plenty of legit prospects, pretty good balance on the roster, some payoff at the NFL level, etc. And, as I always point out, SU is unlikely to ever be a school that is raking in high 3 and 4-star kids all day. They are going to have to develop kids every bit as much (or maybe even moreso) than win every recruiting battle.
 
Disclaimer: Before anyone throws their computer against the wall, I respect P as a recruiter but his last few classes were awful. If you want to blame that entirely on things he couldn't control, fine. I don't care. The point is we got real thin well before the GRob nightmare.
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