Year 3 is the beginning of a make-it or break-it period for any coach. Most reasonable programs (read: non-SEC) will give a coach time to get his recruits and system into place, and the 3rd year is when you'd expect to see results as your own guys seep into the 2-deeps. But how many? A discussion with The Loon, someone whose passion I respect, in the predictions thread about the talent Wacker left behind got me digging. Just who all was left behind for the last few coaches? Have we really had any recruiters the past 30 years that didn't cheat? Well, see for yourself:
1999 Wacker-Era Survivers That Started
Alex Hass | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adam Haayer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pat Hau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ben Hamilton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Josh Rawlings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Billy Cockerham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Hamner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dyron Russ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sean Hoffman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tyrone Carter
1999 Wacker-Era Survivers that were backups
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