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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4088601, member: 289"]
I've always said that coaching a non-powerhouse power-five school is the toughest gig. In High school it's about community involvement, youth programs and coaching the game. At Division III it's about coaching the game and getting a reputation so students who played high school ball and wanted to playing in college are more likely to go to your school. In Divisions II, FCS and the non-power-five schools of FBS, it's about evaluating and coaching up talent while playing schools that are in the game boat. With the powerhouse schools, if you contact a player, you're automatically on his short list. They often use relatively simple strategical concepts because they have better athletes than 80% of the schools they play. In the pros, the front office obtains the players and the ones that make are elite athletes with a tremendous work ethic who train and motivate themselves. Your job is game planning.

But the non-powerhouse power fives have to compete with powerhouses in their conference and to try to fulfill fan's dreams of the successes their schools had in an earlier era. It's the hardest row to hoe.
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