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[QUOTE="reedny, post: 1551731, member: 1423"]
This is a good point ... you don't necessarily upgrade by changing staffs. You roll the dice. I think the current staff, now that Lester is in place and running his offense, is doing the best it can with the talent they have. Obviously, our record is not good. Anyone can see that. What I think some miss is that, despite a clear talent disparity, our offense looks better and our defense has played well against some of the top teams in the country. None of this is because we have any size or speed. It's because we have good schemes that are effective despite our talent deficit. So I'd like to see the staff have another year or two to recruit the players that fit into the new systems. I think we can be more successful, as we've seen in flashes recently against top teams.

What worries me more is recruiting. I think talent is the underlying problem, not coaching. And the talent is only incrementally improving. We are nowhere near where we need to be to compete against the top half of the ACC, which is an extremely competitive league. It seems like every other team we play is top 20, or even top 10 -- almost all of them have big fast RB's and WR's that we can't tackle or cover. As a result, beating these teams in the near future is not realistic. Even stepping up to a .500 conference record is going to require a much deeper talent pool at the skill positions than we have. I don't have an answer to this .. but I doubt a new staff is going to help. Probably the best thing that could happen is a dome renovation plan gets announced.
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