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[E-Wu Tang Clan]

I think Best is trying make due with what he can get. We really haven’t figured out how to use the portal at all. We haven’t lost a ton of good players to the portal either, mainly because we never had good players in the first place. Can’t even remember the last big transfer we had incoming…. The talent level just isn’t there for us at all. Even when we get a recruit that looks semi-good out of Hs, we aren’t developing them.

If I’m Best- or whoever replaces him- the guys I’m leaning into are D2 or lower level guys that have shown the ability to play. Taking drop-downs is a messy game, because a lot of those guys wash out because they were never that good to begin with. I can’t remember an impactful drop down we’ve had since Pulu. Maybe there’s someone I’m forgetting, but nothing off the top of my head.

Wu Tang posted about Fisk, and he’s an attractive guy to me if he’s interested. The guys he’s sporting at Central could come to Cheney and instantly upgrade our quality. As I’ve said over and over, I hate the game of a coach leaving and bringing his players with him, but that’s a big part of the hiring decision these days… might as well make it work for us.

Dishawn Misa isn't doing bad. He's a starter. Probably not living up to his 4 star Boise State recruit hype though. Idk a lot of these FBS players may have been over hyped at belong at the FCS level. Some may have been on the cusp of the line between FBS and FCS, I'm thinking of like a Jusstis Warren.

Best tried copying Chris Petersen's "OKG" (Our Kind of Guy) with his "EKG" (Eagle Kind of Guy) nonsense. OKGs are supposed to be high character guys who get good grades that you develop out of high school. Seems like Best got the guys with good grades but not much else. The obvious difference being Coach Pete actually won games and turned a 6 win team into a championship team where Best turned a championship team into a 4 win team.

Not really relevant to Eastern but there was a noticeable difference between Steve Sarkisian recruits and Chris Petersen recruits. Sark only cared bout talent and getting 5 star players. Sark's players were noticeably more talented and had more skill. But "Six win Sark" could only get six wins a season where Petersen won multiple Pac-12 championships and made it to the CFP. Its a big reason why I think coaching is huge.

Ideal solution is Baldwin comes back, hires Fisk as OC/oline coach. Fisk is heir apparent if Baldwin's health takes a turn or he takes another FBS job. And we fill out the rest of the coaching and player roster with good Central players and coaches. Its not unprecedented that a Central HC becomes an Eastern OC, its what Baldwin and Ian Shoemaker did.

 

[Kuttaak]

Dishawn Misa isn't doing bad. He's a starter. Probably not living up to his 4 star Boise State recruit hype though. Idk a lot of these FBS players may have been over hyped at belong at the FCS level. Some may have been on the cusp of the line between FBS and FCS, I'm thinking of like a Jusstis Warren.

Best tried copying Chris Petersen's "OKG" (Our Kind of Guy) with his "EKG" (Eagle Kind of Guy) nonsense. OKGs are supposed to be high character guys who get good grades that you develop out of high school. Seems like Best got the guys with good grades but not much else. The obvious difference being Coach Pete actually won games and turned a 6 win team into a championship team where Best turned a championship team into a 4 win team.

Ideal solution is Baldwin comes back, hires Fisk as OC/oline coach. Fisk is heir apparent if Baldwin's health takes a turn or he takes another FBS job. And we fill out the rest of the coaching and player roster with good Central players and coaches. Its not unprecedented that a Central HC becomes an Eastern OC, its what Baldwin and Ian Shoemaker did.

I get that Baldwin is a legend but I really don't think he has what it takes to win at this stage in his career. His Cal Poly teams were awful. He lasted one year at Arizona State and one year as a CFL position coach. I would love to see the team get back to where it was when he was here previously but I don't think he can replicate that success. There are only a few D1 jobs, we will get solid applicants when it opens. Hopefully we select the right coach. As much as I believe we need someone else to lead the program it could be worse. I saw what happened at Idaho State with the Charlie Ragle hire.