I came across an archived ESPN article by Ivan Maisel which I believe is apropo to the discussion of Greg Schiano 2.0 which took place over this weekend. I set forth an excerpt from the article for you consideration:
“The debate of coaching versus recruiting is no debate at all. No one captured why coaching is more important than recruiting better than Jake Gather, the Florida A&M coaching legend some 50 odd years ago. Gather described the ability of Alabama coach Bear Bryant:
‘He could take his’n and beat your’n … and take your’n and beat his’n.’
Coaching is alchemy. Coaching is two-star plus two-star equals more than five-star. Recruiting may be the lifeblood of college football. But coaching is the brains and the heart and the soul of it.
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Recruits are grapes. Recruiters are farmers. Coaches are winemakers.”
“The debate of coaching versus recruiting is no debate at all. No one captured why coaching is more important than recruiting better than Jake Gather, the Florida A&M coaching legend some 50 odd years ago. Gather described the ability of Alabama coach Bear Bryant:
‘He could take his’n and beat your’n … and take your’n and beat his’n.’
Coaching is alchemy. Coaching is two-star plus two-star equals more than five-star. Recruiting may be the lifeblood of college football. But coaching is the brains and the heart and the soul of it.
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Recruits are grapes. Recruiters are farmers. Coaches are winemakers.”
