Are you seriously trying to purport that any of those guys were better recruiters than DCraig, Mushchamp, T-Rob, Lance Thompson, and maybe even Grimes?
You've lost your damn mind.
Are you seriously blind? In case you are, Auburn landed the #1 DL class in this recruiting cycle, without Coach Muschamp, T-Rob or Coach Thompson...thanks to Coach Gardner.
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Coach Steele is a pretty good recruiter too (he knows how to move money around, just like Coach Thompson does...hint, they worked under Sabbin).
I would put Coach Craig above all the coaches on the staff, recruiting wise (not to impressed with his WR group though, I still feel he would make a better QB Coach)
Coach Gardner & Craig (those two are top tier recruiters, Craig a little more so).
I would match Coach Muschamp with Coach McGriff (McGriff was Ole Miss' & later Vanderbilt's bagman)
I would match Coach T-Rob with Coach T-Will (T-Will is a fucking rapper, that will resonate with HS prospects)
I would match Coach Thompson with Coach Steele
I would put Coach Hand above Coach Grimes (Coach Malzahn wanted Herbie in '13, settled on Grimes. I like Grimes a lot, more so than most of the staff, but from what I've read and heard, Coach Hand is a really good recruiter as well as being a really good OL Coach).
So, no...we didn't lose ALL of our recruiters. Only a blind man would think that.
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