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Message: [QUOTE="TheCusian, post: 1382619, member: 2585"] I did some research on this a while back - generally speaking, you're right. But when Marrone took over we outperformed our recruiting rank (which jives with the common perception that we were better coached in that era). Marrone's failings were in recruiting - when our classes dipped (and now we see the result - though tons of blame could also be attributed to the awful OC hired by Shafer) so did our wins and NFL draftees. I think our recruiting has been better recently, but our opponents have gotten stronger and our in-game coaching is not appearing to be as good with Marrone (though the jury is out on Lester). Plus, Shafers recruits haven't really been in the system long enough to gauge results (ish, Phillips, D LB are all poised for a breakout year, IMO). Also - PITT has underperformed their ranking, Duke over, and BC over as well. All of that being said, I'm not sure that you're wrong in your take at all. [/QUOTE]