Totally fair point on Harris
But this is also his first cycle where he is the guy as a DB recruiting face ... and I don’t compare coaching at San Jose St as experience (experience should be something like San Jose St to a a San Diego St to like an Arizona to a Washington) ... you move up as you show success and the ability to perform both on the field and in recruiting
Prior to this year, his responsibilities seemed more tilted in building inroads and connections to extend our recruiting footprint instead of actually closing on recruits
Yeah, it's definitely a step up. The really disappointing thing, though is that the general consensus when Harris was hired was "this is a good hire". Had some success with his players at SJSU, had LA ties, younger African American coach with some experience, and the most important thing, Jimmy Lake gets to mold this guy into his successor. The assumption was Jimmy would continue to be lead recruiter for the guys he had established relationships with and Harris would start working on the 2021, 2022 kids. Clearly that didn't happen. It's hard to understand, too. I've seen interviews with Harris and he seems like a charismatic guy. Maybe hes just a really shitty salesman or is a lazy recruiter. In either case, if our db class ends up being 3 middleweight 3-star dbs that Bob Gregory could have landed, he should be gone or demoted.
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