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[QUOTE="annarbororange, post: 5175597, member: 823"]
Not completely relevant to JS Jr. but your mention of "Straughn's recruiting connections to Team Takeover" reminded me of something I've been wanting to get perspective on for a while...

What exactly has Straughn's connection to TTO yielded us to date? Donnie is the obvious response but you may remember that Andrew Slater was very vocal at the time of his commitment (to us) that the only reason we got him was that his primary recruiter at 'Bama (Hodgson) had left to take the HC job at Arkansas State. We'll never know if this is true but coupling that with the strike out on Lewis, as well as not even being able to get a visit from Dickinson (we probably couldn't have afforded him anyway), has had me wondering for a while if the fan base has overestimated this connection as a means to getting top-level guys. Not trying to be contentious but have genuinely wondered for a while about the reality of this connect. Perhaps we need to start winning at high-level again for it to pay dividends but I wanted to get some other opinions on this.

Also, not trying to throw shade at Coach B, he's been a great hire IMHO...

Thoughts?
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