JG: I think this argument cuts both ways. I and others believe there is talent on this team - BUT the talent is not showing up because of the change in systems. If the returning players were playing under the former coaching staff, using the previous schemes and systems, I believe they would look better because they were recruited for those systems and coached in them.
The people who point at the returning players and say "see, the returning talent wasn't that good" are discounting the change in schemes. I have come to believe that the change in systems is a much bigger issue than I expected, and is part of the reason why this team is not playing as well as I expected.
And, to be bluntly honest, I think the previous staff was better at X's and O's - when they were coaching their players in their system. Fleck may be - probably is - a better recruiter and motivator. In the best of all worlds, I would take Fleck as Head Coach, recruiter and motivator - but I would have Claeys and Sawvell running the defense. On offense, still waiting to see what Kirk C's offense really looks like when he has players who fit the system. he doesn't this year.
