Comments by tulsa49
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Posted on February 8 at 11:53 p.m.
Greg,
As few of Higgins' recruits have played for ESU as yet, the premise of your argument has to be a lack of faith in his ability to identify, attract, recruit, and coach competitive MIAA level talent. Beyond that you take issue with the manner he's chosen to rebuild the program, high school and redshirts vs junior college and D1 transfers. Paring down your previous posts it's clear you've been unhappy for at least four years and have lost faith in the program. Please don't expect readers and posts to accept your judgment of the current state of the program, the recruits, or their prospects for successful future seasons. If you're that clairvoyant you're either a successful odds-maker in Vegas or in danger of melting in the white heat of your own brilliance. I suspect neither is true. No one doubts you have strong opinions concerning the ESU football program, however each new recruiting class brings a solitary item to fans and the team--hope! Let's not give that up the week of recruit signings.
Posted on February 7 at 5:56 p.m.
No one compared Mangino to Higgins in the post, but I apologize for my imprecision. I thought my implicit point of patience self evident. Before making your choice of hatorade flavors I think you should look at the programs where Mangino recruited some of his freshman impact players-Bixby, Jenks, Muskogee and Union High Schools in Oklahoma. Look at those school's websites and satisfy yourself the players Higgins signed were worth the ink. After that go look who Pitt State and MSSU recruited and where the kids on their current rosters attended high school. The fact is Higgins made inroads at programs in Texas and Oklahoma that consistently pipeline players to the D1 and D2 level and have been reliable sources for Pitt State and MSSU. Barring that exercise, maybe you should check out which teams and players impacted their State Championship Games.
I hope some of this information will reduce your stress level, as I'd rather not offer my services as a heart surgeon.
Posted on February 6 at 11:59 p.m.
It's unfortunate that such harsh judgment of Coach Higgins so quickly appears in the newspaper and when fans should be as hopeful of success as the signees. I wonder if Mangino would still be employed at KU if he had such early support. Give Higgins some credit--he hasn't made any claims that this class will turn the program around. He's working on improving ESU by recruiting in Oklahoma and Texas. Keep in mind the players he's recruiting come from perennially Nationally Ranked programs and fit a rebuilding program quite nicely.
Would you feel better if the 3 teams they defeat this year are Washburn, PItt State and MSSU?
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