To be clear, few if any here were ok with the the way Meyer left, or his final season’s effort. However, at the risk of beating a dead horse, what I think you’re missing is that we wanted him to stay, not the other way around. Not only did it buy us time, it helped the perception so we didn’t just fall apart in recruiting. So to Ox’s point, anything we accomplished at all that last year was a gift because it shouldn’t have even been and was more or less a roster play that he aided with. If you think WM was bad, think about how much worse it would’ve been without the major pieces of Meyer’s 2010 class. He may never have had a .500 season.
And to your last statement, we weren’t landing anyone good as long as it was Foley deciding. He arrogantly zeroed in on one guy and that was it.
So again, I’m good with disliking Meyer. I just don’t consider his returning for 2010 to be the greatest reason. It honestly helped us tremendously. If you want to be mad, be mad at the guy whose job it was to find a coach but who instead spent an entire year “working on the Penske file”.