Recruiting class was 40th previously to Top 5 his first year! He also had 3 Top 5 classes and the '08 class was a couple prospects from being #1 (but 'Bama signed 32) with 23 recruits. Clausen, Te'o, Floyd, Aldridge, Young, Gray, Kamara, Ragone, Crist, Rudolph and Cierre Wood were ALL 5* guys going into their Senior seasons and two of those guys were ranked #1. I'd love to have that kind of recruiting success right now, but injuries really did in his classes. High scoring offenses but bad defenses were a problem during that tenure.