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So hard to say. by mocopdx

But he can recruit, which is 90% of the equation. Kirby Smart said it best:

“If you don't recruit, there's no coach out there that can out-coach recruiting,” Smart said. “I don't care who you are. The best coach to ever play the game better be a good recruiter because no coaching is going to out-coach players. Anybody will tell you that our defense is good because we have good players.”

I don’t put any stock in the Oklahoma State game. We were missing our two best players and I don’t think that you can say that’s what the staff wants to do moving forward based on one hastily prepped transition bowl game.

Still, I fear that Freeman and Rees are going to have some tough growing pains. I wish they both had far more experience. But, it’s going to be so sweet to see us land a top 3 class(and one higher than LSU) in his first year.