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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 170972, member: 837"] GRob was underrated as a recruiter b/c everyone on this board was so frustrated with the losing they were hammering anything he did. To suggest it was only a few playmakers is not true -- remember, the remnants of GRob's classes have led us to a record somewhere in the neighborhood of .500 the last two seasons. True, some of that has to do with a crappy BE and a less-than-difficult schedule. But when you factor in how much attrition happened b/c of the coaching change, that suggests there were quite a few solid players in there. I also think writing off recruiting as "eh, he found a few playmakers" is a poor criticism in general considering the biggest thing missing from Marrone's classes are, well, playmakers. So actually uncovering a Mike Williams, it turns out, happens to be an important skill (or stroke of luck, though I've decided there's not a huge difference in these two). [/QUOTE]