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[QUOTE="PhatOrange, post: 2651904, member: 229"]
P's time was coming to an end and I'm not sure he could have reversed course because the facilities were so bad.  Would've liked to have seen Joe Fields with Rhodes and Ray Rice in the backfield though.  And an NFL safety coming in; Courtney Greene.  In fact there were a bunch of really good players coming back in 2005- Tanard Jackson, Anthony Smith, Kelvin Smith, Rhodes, Steve Gregory, Jameel McClain, Mackey, Lacasse and some others.

I ultimately believe P would've toiled in .500 range more or less just by coaching guys up and game planning.  But Ray Rice was a generational player though so who knows.  Not sure we would've sustained recruiting because of the facilities.  It was time for new blood just not at the end of 2004.

Our 2 best hires - Marrone and Babers - imo were the result of having a plan and not going knee jerk.

Marrone to Shafer was the easy way out for Gross but I think it's ultimately because Gross didn't have a contingency plan.  Professionals always have a backup plan and AD's should always keeps a short of viable and interested coaching candidates.  I've read that even Nick Saban keeps a list of the best coaches across that country at every single level (HS, D2, D3, 1AA, College, Pros, Canadian etc)
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