This type of stuff impacts recruiting as well. On the Gators Breakdown podcast with Bill Sikes, Bill mentioned that when recruits go to Georgia they get loaded up on chick-fil-a compared to when they go to Florida they get a hotdog. It's just not good enough but it sounds like something Napier...
But we've seen what Kiffin can do at a huge university and it's good enough to get left on the tarmac and have your luggage mailed back to your house. He never stays at one place long enough to see what he can do with his own players. He has been run out of a number of big jobs.
If Kiffin were...
Fickell is at a school that has done pretty well on the field and in recruiting over the last two decades. They've had some lean years but they also have handful of 10+ wins season prior to Fickell. Fickell is doing well but he's not doing anything that has never been done before.
Napier went...
Spurrier has a pass first offense and we loved it because he won. Meyer had a run first offense and we loved it (minus Swonkey) because he won.
Everyone says we love offense here but I sure do miss having a great defense.