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[QUOTE="tep624, post: 3847365, member: 430"]
The coaching change year recruiting class can make or break a coaches tenure.  Marrone came in with largely a new staff, retained two diamonds in Pugh and Lemon, and mined a few more extremely late in the game in Shamarko Thomas, Zach Chibane, Rishard Anderson, Brandon Sharpe, and Andrew Tiller, and had Andrew Phillips, Torrey Ball and Charley Loeb in the class as well that were all players that contributed and graduated.  10/16 graduated from the program, a NFL first rounder, 4th rounder, and a 6th rounder in the class.  Plus they added Paulus as a grad transfer.  I really was impressed looking back at what they did with essentially a new staff and 3 recruits worth of keeping from GRob and 3-4 weeks left in the recruit cycle.

The coaching change class for Shafwr was the exact opposite.  Retained half the staff, added Mr recruiting hype George McDonald, and pretty much limped to the finish line with a class that 2-3 years later was a big contributor to him getting fired.
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