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Last year, Mines was the 3rd best recruiter in the ACC per 247. Nobody on Penn State's staff, outside of their interim HC was a better recruiter.

In 2023 he was the 7th best. Seider, Smith, and Trautwine were higher rated for Penn State.

In 2020 and 2021 he was the 5th best recruiter in the AAC.

He's a proven recruiter wherever he goes.

not to be a grammar ninny but resume should have accent over the end "e" and not both, right?

Seeing this on multiple pages and feel like this is an autocorrect diminishing of grammar. And yes, I still hit two spaces after periods but I am trying to learn.

Class of 1992 engineer so I claim no educational authority but get off my lawn old.

I could be wrong, but this just seemed like one of those non-conference weaker conference games where we come out lackadaisical and lose and have it glaring on our resume in March.

College of Charleston in 2022, St Louis in 2017, Alabama State in 2015, UNLV in 2010, Temple in 2009, etc

Yeah I can see that. In the world of portals and NIL thats a great distinction.

But I do think non-bluebloods are all about crunching the numbers of the worth v output equation without considering the portal and NIL. you're still working on a budget and your budget is significantly less than those you are competing against. the time and money you can put into recruiting means every dollar is worth more to you. So you're looking for players that ypu can pay less more and get more out of. thats moneyball baby. I think the distinction between Oakland As moneyball and what college football does is that its not working pure statistics. Their is still an eye test that coaches and recruiters have to run which makes the success rate much lower.

Can we start with the basketball jerseys that might be the laziest I have ever seen. Just a VT logo over a number. It's something my 7 yo would draw.

to me a diamond in the rough is a kid that guy over looked for what ever reason. Dorian Strong was a 2 star and came in and played as a frosh because he was that good. Once he played he was no longer a diamond in the rough from an NIL perspective because his value shot up.

Money-ball is looking for inequities in worth vs output. Its hard to know output of a high school player so your really looking at transfers and finding players that cost less per there production is hard in a uncapped 130+ team division. OSU feels they can't afford to compete. CFP teams were being extorted by backups that were transferring. Teams are overpaying all over the place because limited product and predicting how good a player will be is hard (look at the top QBs this off season, they all aren't doing well).

A lot of the non blue bloods try to scheme their way around not having 11 good players on the field at once. They are just trying to put something together and then hope.

There's no guarantee that Chesney would be successful at VT or wherever he may end up. Moving from JMU to say Penn St or LSU is a huge jump. Yes he may have more resources and brand recognition but he may very well not know how to use/utilize them.

I've been hurt before and I'm ready to be hurt again.

I always thought Franklin would be good hire. I didn't think he'd take this job. Part of my pessimism was rooted in hedging and protecting myself from the disappointment of not getting him.

That said, your concerns are valid. And it would suck a lot to see Franklin get surpassed by Chesney which is entirely possible. But, Chesney could also flame out like Fuente. Fuente was a rising star when we hired him. He hasn't coached in 4 years and likely never will. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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