Those are subjective… Syracuse has played an overrated Clemson and a ND team that has struggled. Kansas hasn’t played anyone frankly due to bloated Big 12 schedule that was overrated to begin with.. What those ratings fail to analyze is the lines of scrimmage and that is why you see the ACC and Big 12 general struggle when matched up with the B1G and SEC. It is also why we have been struggling for a number of years in the B1G, some for Maryland and even Nebraska to a lesser extent.
What I was speaking to mostly are the people pointing to one season or two season turnarounds when not diving into them and saying why GS can’t do that so he is failing.
1. Ash left this program at a level (talent, depth and any other facet you can think of) 2.5 years ago lower than any other program. Period. One that frankly has been run in the cheap for years.
2. The other programs (Kansas, Illinois, Syracuse, UCLA) that we are being compared to in many examples that I see floated around actually have been rebuilding much longer while we were still in free fall with Ash. Lovie Smith ( a super bowl coach) was purging/flipping and building that roster up until Bielema took over. Kansas had Les Miles doing the same before Lance Leipold. Dino Babers has been building/rebuilding for over six years and so has Chip Kelly.
3. All of those other program over the same 5 year span or even the first 3 years (of GS)?have played a significantly softer schedule. I’m certain if we looked at the averages of the 5 and 3 year span it would clearly show how difficult it has been and why we need to give GS some slack.
