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[QUOTE="Brooky03, post: 5320589, member: 8594"]
The difference is talent development.

The program adapted okay to the one-and-done era but didn’t excel there.  I know that’s funny to say for the school with arguably the greatest one-and-done player of all time, but that’s the way I see it.

Then, transfers rules threw a wrench in everything and we didn’t adapt at all.  And now we’re getting absolutely smoked in NIL, with seemingly very little interest or commitment from the school in making it better.

JB’s program was always built on player development.  We had strong recruiting classes, no question, but acquiring the most talent up front was never what made us successful.  It was the upperclassmen who came in rough around the edges and grew into prominent roles.  When barriers to leaving for greener pastures dropped, JB lost his fastball.  The team didn’t have those lynchpin Juniors and Seniors or, at least, not enough of them.  Every recruiting class had to be a hit and transfers had to get up to speed very quickly (tough to do with the defense we had).

Adapt or die.  Right now, we’re dying.

The successful coaches going forward will be the ones adept at installing simple offensive and defensive concepts with crushing execution and efficiency.  There’s no more bringing players along slowly or organically.  We don’t have that guy right now.
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