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[QUOTE="Chip, post: 116379, member: 19"]
It's not as delusional as you think.  Maybe it's wrong, don't know, but I think it's harder to tell than you lead on.  You're too focused on going back to 2005, 2006, etc.  Louisville was terrible in 2008, they had little on the roster.  Did you see the scores they were giving up?  You think because they were 9-3 a few years earlier it's a better talent situation to walk into?  That doesn't make a lot of sense.

We beat Louisville on the field.  We were better.  And by season's end, 5-7 vs 3-9 notwithstanding, most would agree we were the better team.  Yeah, we weren't in the beginning of 2008.  But if you're talking talent a coach inherits, do you want to focus on losing to Akron in the 2nd game of the season?  Or going 1-10 3 years earlier?  Or maybe beating ND and Louisville showed there was something to work with.  And maybe most of those guys being key members of an 8 win team just 2 years later shows there was a little more to work with than you think.

Maybe Strong is a better recruiter because he could sell that his team was 9-3 three years before he got there, and Marrone was stuck saying it was eight years earlier.  But Marrone had a lot more history and tradition to sell as well.  Either way, I still think you're mixing arguments in this thread of what you're calling delusional.
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