This is sort of a silly article. Granted I get it. There's also nothing to write about.
Denson, so far, was a better on-field coach than Taylor though Taylor may be a better recruiter. The jury is still out on both, but the backs were better under Denson. Taylor still has time to prove his worth. Relying on landing a single player as a strategy... is not a strategy at all. You do have to take chances and that's what ND did. Oh well. Move on. The way to get to where Clemson and Alabama are is to build a repeatable process, and that doesn't happen overnight. It's low odds to go from playing in the 3-star RB sandbox to the 5-star RB sandbox. We're proving that.
ND needs to focus on moving from 3* to quality 4*'s that prove they get better in college & produce. Once that's achieved work on making the jump from 4 to 5*, again focusing on kids that actually produce at the college level --- ON SATURDAY'S!
The flaw that seems to be repeated is taking this "we got our savior" mentality and banking on one guy or one position group to lead ND to a national championship. It's a team game for a reason. You need quality across the board, not one position.
Rip away!