Why I'm really optimistic about Ute football.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by mpfunk

I think it is also clear who has done a better job. BM certainly has done a better job, you can't really argue against results. However, you are crazy if you think that Utah was in a better situation than BYU when the coaches took over. Utah lost an insane amount of talent after the Fiesta Bowl year and had to rebuild. Say what you want about Crowton, but he recruited good players. He just didn't know how to put them in a position to succeed.

Meyer on the other hand did a pretty piss poor job recruiting to Utah. Look at who Utah is playing right now, it is mostly guys from the post-Meyer recruiting classes. The guys that Meyer recruited pretty much flamed out quickly.

I agree with what you say except for the first two sentences. How can you say that given what follows in your post? Do you think you can assess a "good job" without taking into account the hand that the coach was dealt when he took over? For all we know Crowton would have done just as well as BM as he was rebuilding, and was recruiting well (unlike Giacoletti, for example, who didn't recruit hardly at all). Even Unga was a Crowton recruit, I bet.