Kirby Smart: "No coach can out-coach recruiting." Something to remember with Aranda

But he does

The narrative that Aranda can't recruit is overblown. He snagged some really good recruits with his time here not to mention he took several 3* and made them NFL players.

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I think Les Miles proved this statement to be a fallacy pretty definitively

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We sure about that?

Les Miles won a national title and played for another, won two SEC titles.

I think that proves Kirby's point actually. He was likely never a top 3-4 coach in terms of X's and O's in the SEC and he had a hell of a lot of success.

Here y’all go with this bs narrative again. Aranda recruited great defensive players in every class he had at LSU.

I’ve always said that a chimp could coach Bama to 10 wins every year when you have the best high school athlete in the country at each position. It’s insane! 90% horses, 10% coaching.

Of course that’s true to an extent. After all the coaches aren’t playing, the players are. Recruit great players and even average football X’s and O’s Will suffice.

Not sure where that narrative is actually coming from. That's Joe Brady. The S or P on the right side of the recruit is for Primary or Secondary for those that don't follow recruiting.

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Les Miles won a national title and played for another, won two SEC titles.

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Mixed into both of those title runs were losses to Arkansas and Kentucky. And add in 5-6 more disappointing seasons compared to the rosters talent…Apparently you can on some level out coach recruiting

It’s simply not an either/or scenario. No you can’t win if you can’t recruit. But that also doesn’t mean that recruiting is the end all be all. It’s a piece of a very large puzzle.

I’d argue player development is infinitely more important than recruiting. If you develop players while they are on campus, then it leads to winning which is the greatest recruiting tool of them all. Bama and UGA don’t win every year because they sign a bunch of 5 stars, they win every year because they consistently turn those 5 stars into elite players and contributors which turns into more elite young players wanting to follow that mold

I also think you cant out-recruit bad coaching. Not in the SEC for sure. You need both.

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Here y’all go with this bs narrative again. Aranda recruited great defensive players in every class he had at LSU.

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So what’s your assessment as to how he has recruited while at Baylor?