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Message: [QUOTE="MadNY3, post: 3993448, member: 441"] Good article with very lazy parts. Notably, the decline of D1 talent and football participation in the Northeast over the period of time. And no talk of the Shafer years, who took the reigns from Marrone directly. When you hire a military brat like Babers literally is, one shouldn't expect a northeastern roots-based approach. Shafer declined the program and Babers emphasis on FAST likelhy focused outside the area. That said, hours after Cuse beat Clemson in 2018, Babers was watching Trill (a commit play in his New York State game. We may long for clinics and romanticism, but in a world where our starting QB was on Mississippi St a year ago, a lot of things have changed...and the timeline to win is one of them. It's tough to recreate an AAU program-esque recruiting approach when the #s are down and the need to win is faster than ever. [/QUOTE]