Take a very good look at the top ten teams this year, last year, year before. What did they all have in common?
I will tell you it is not schemes. We see a wide variety of different schemes on both sides of the ball. It isn't in game adjustments or halftime speeches or some magic drill used in practices. Coaching matters but in the end a lot of the top teams don't have "great" coaching.
What they have in common is talent, especially talent on the lines. Amazing how when a team can protect the passer a whole variety of different passing schemes work. Amazing how when a team can consistently create holes for the runner their running game works leading to effective drives.
On defense you see teams that run 3 man lines, 4 man lines, some that are very aggressive, others that play low risk schemes. Again if they have the horses up front consistently stopping the running game and pressuring the passer they win.
Point of all this is I want a coach who will place a priority on recruiting. CU has a lot to offer kids, let's find somebody who will bring in the talent we need to compete, especially on the line of scrimmage then we can worry about schemes and all the rest of the "coaching" factors.
Recruiting is a long term process. You don't get one top class and sit back and celebrate. Those top teams I mentioned above can look back and show how their winning teams are a compilation of contributors from multiple recruiting classes. They not only have talent on the field but they also have talent they are developing as depth. Their seasons don't fall apart when a couple key guys go down with injuries. They aren't scrambling when they lose guys to graduation, injury, early entry into the draft.
Our current staff, a couple of more recent additions excepted, never got that concept. I don't think JL emphasizes that concept either.
Give me a coach who is willing to go big and make recruiting the talent needed to win against the best teams in the PAC a priority instead of settling for guys we can "develop" which is code for they aren't good enough but maybe they will be.