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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 1109927, member: 837"]
I'd agree it was a sea change but, if I'm reading Bees correctly, I think he's arguing that the program had some talent in it when GRob left, whereas it was in absolutely brutal shape from a talent standpoint when he took over. You can argue against it, but there were some really good players who ended up here under GRob -- Mike Williams, Nick Provo, Nassib, DC3 (especially pre-injury), Bailey, the Jones bros. I'm too lazy to go forward with it, but the foundation of a bowl winning team was there regardless of the house-cleaning that followed. GRob deserves some modicum of credit for that.

I don't suggest that any of that discredits or makes light of the job DM did rebuilding, but simply to suggest that, IMO, the accurate history of GRob's tenure is that he struggled miserably at being a head coach and that was his undoing. As crazy as it sounds, however, I really think the recruiting and the roster DM inherited were slightly improved from what GRob inherited in is first year. (and before anyone gets irate over my argument that P played a role in our demise, I don't care if you blame it on him or the administration, so long as you admit we were in a state of precipitous decline.)
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