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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 3143238, member: 837"] Your last statement is an interesting one because I think we're talking about two distinct finish lines or distances we need to travel. We 'have a long way to go' in terms of building a roster that compete with higher level teams and put us into position to win consistently. We're seeing that's true this season, obviously, as only the most optimistic of posters is feeling comfortable about any of the matchups we have remaining. That goal, however, I see as different from landing top 300 kids and having a recruiting class that lands in the top 35 or so. I think that one is even further off. Consider: [LIST] [*]We have very few inherent advantages as a program. We're certainly in better position financially than we would have been had we not joined the ACC, but we're never going to be the program leading the way in spending and facilities. [*]We have a strong history but even the more recent of our successes probably don't carry much weight with kids born [I]after [/I]McNabb last played with the Orange and even after Freeney for the most part at this point. [*]We're located in the non-football capital of the US in the northeast [*]Our weather may be overrated but it's certainly not winning many people over if they have doubts. [*]The ACC touches many recruiting hot beds but we're a bit of a fish out of water if we're hoping to pull a bunch of kids from the Carolinas/Georgia/Florida. And, if those kids are bigger recruits, we're probably battling some SEC schools for them as well. [*]The Dome hasn't been a true draw for more than a decade at least. Now if it is upgraded, crowded and rocking, that might change things but that's a ways away and I, at least, am skeptical of what it will be and how well we'll draw. [/LIST] I don't know ... long way to go is an understatement in terms of landing multiple top 300 type guys. [/QUOTE]

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