I think 365 sports made a good point . They pointed out Jimbo's recruiting habits. What they said reminded me of Mac's last year's. Going for as many highest ranked players and not the type of player with the skill sets needed for the system. Like Brown wanting to convert to the pound and ground Alabama type offense back then with small Linemen, no TE's to speak of, WRs that only sucked at blocking more than they did at catching...
Another thing they pointed out about aggy is another thing that bit us and had a lot to do with our culture change back then was bringing in a ton of talented, highly ranked players that have O ties or loyalty to the program. It's hard to make a team bleed burnt orange when the bulk of the team and or the team leaders never gave two shits about the school either way, especially when things head south. Or in our case, were already at the bottom of the barrel, and all the veteran players have already checked out when the new freshmen class joins the team each year. Classes full of talented players that aren't necessarily burnt orange through and through.... We probably would've recovered much faster if we would've dumped the entire team when it was painfully obvious there was a cancer within the program and started fresh with a bunch of 2-3-4* freshmen players that grew up eating and breathing burnt orange, players who would run through a brick wall or crawl through broken glass for the team before rolling over for anyone, much less OU.
I remember too many highly ranked WRs who could torch any D, but couldn't catch a ball if someone sat it in their hands... No one willing or able to run the slant. RBs who couldn't block for fuck in a pass first offense.
Linebackers that were extremely talented at running themselves out of the play in the backfield as the QB was handing the ball off. Missed tackles my ass, the RB and QB frozen just standing there with the deer in the headlights look without even trying to move, just bracing for the impact,while our linebackers would run right past.
Linemen that were good in school because they played 2A ball weighing 260 lbs against opponents that typically averaged 170-180.
Hopefully we learned from our mistakes and aggy keeps doing what they've always done. Keep throwing money to fix everything without knowing or at least admitting where the root of the problem begins. I hope they are in a complete freefall and still stuck with Jimbo the year we start SEC play. Either way, I have a feeling they are going to have the same culture killing cancer we had when Mac left, by the time they finally can rid themselves of Jimbo.