You heard SOS being interviewed during the game. He didn't hesitate to offer his opinion on what Mullen needs to do first. Recruit a top five class.
Mullen has never recruited a top 5 class. Hopefully nobody will tell me that he did when Urban Meyer was our HC because Mullen did not recruit those classes. "But he did help recruit them". So what?
You have to be an "it" coach with good recruiters to get there absent a winning tradition. Then once you get the players you win and the cycle repeats itself- it becomes easier, the norm.
This team will get better and more accustomed to Mullen's offense as the season progresses. As for Grantham, good God, man. Tackle drills and more tackle drills.
You can only dress up a pig so much, though. We're as desperate for big able bodies as I can ever recall. We ain't going anywhere until we address that.
Did the staff not see the need for forcus on fundementals from last season's film? You could say the staff failed. But during pressers Mullen is candidly speaking about players needing to learn to practice better. What's that mmean, that he has no control? Do the coaches fail to see player's mediocre attitude and technique in practice? If they are seeing it in practice- and they have to be- then why isn't Mullen correcting it? If they are not seeing it in practice why is he saying it in a post loss press conference. Is he lying?
It's one thing if the players were behind in training and conditioning but after more than 6 months that should have been taken care of. It makes one feel as if being sold a load of popo.
