Football Why USF Football will not recover and why Jeff Scott is a Victim (Off Topic)

[Knight_Light]

12 hours ago, CousinRicky said:

The IPF was close and then the economy shut down.  Think it will be announced within the next 10 months. Just a guess though.

DYK that UCF built the first Indoor Practice Facility (College or NFL) in the State of FL back when UCF was leaving the MAC and about to join CUSA?

UCF's Nicholson Fieldhouse opened in June 2005. (This became a focus due to all the lost practice time in August/Sept when afternoon lightning storms were the norm).

Here's a shot of Alabama practicing at UCF's Nicholson Fieldhouse prior to a recent Citrus Bowl Game

[Knight_Light]

1 hour ago, pacificd said:

Granted, my memory might be failing me, but wasn't CCS touted by a lot of people as some epic recruiter. Weren't people saying that all of these Florida parents were going to want their kids to come play for him? Maybe I am misremembering.

 

He drove away more talent than he brought in. Maybe a few years worth of recruiting is the path.

 

Strong's recruiting classes for his 3 years in the AAC:

2017: #4 in AAC (Frost's UCF Class was #1)

2018: #2 in AAC (Heupel's UCF Class was #5)

2019: #3 in AAC (Heupel's UCF Class was #1)

There is a lot more to winning football vs targeting just individuals...its how you mold them as a team and how they can fit your schemes.

 

Edited September 20, 2020 by Knight_Light

[CousinRicky]

14 minutes ago, Knight_Light said:

Strong's recruiting classes for his 3 years in the AAC:

2017: #4 in AAC (Frost's UCF Class was #1)

2018: #2 in AAC (Heupel's UCF Class was #5)

2019: #3 in AAC (Heupel's UCF Class was #1)

There is a lot more to winning football vs targeting just individuals...its how you mold them as a team and how they can fit your schemes.

 

Amen to that.  We USF fans only need to look at the first year and a half of Taggarts regime to see how true that is.  He couldn't recruit the type player for what he wanted to run so finally changed his game plan.

[Triple B]

On 9/20/2020 at 10:40 AM, CousinRicky said:

Amen to that.  We USF fans only need to look at the first year and a half of Taggarts regime to see how true that is.  He couldn't recruit the type player for what he wanted to run so finally changed his game plan.

Don't think that's really accurate. He didn't finally change his game plan a year and a half into his tenure here. He started recruiting Q shortly after he got here and it wasn't for the offense he was forced to run with the hand he was dealt.