Not at all. Part of my concern for CFB is that most coaches are not given near enough time to develop their programs. Coaches are often fired before they have that chance. With particular regard to Harbaugh, I believe the best is yet to come. However, I also do not subscribe to making...
Probably. He has been there and done that. . . and didn't much like the result. The NFL was not impressed either, however. Also, what's a 70-year-old college coach going to bring to the NFL, anyway? The NFL is a very different creature from college football.
Let's not forget that the 4-5* athletes themselves also make calculations regarding where they're going to be successful both athletically and academically. Some of these athletes are interested in their sports and going to the NFL or NBA. They don't really care about getting a degree...
Schools like Cal do all they can to choose students they feel will be successful in the end and graduate. The NCAA publishes graduation rates, and schools MUST achieve a minimum graduation rate or risk NCAA sanctions. Even if athletes have no intension of graduating, schools have a vested...
What AG fails to understand is that several academically elite institutions have institutional policies that govern who coaches can recruit (Stanford, USC, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Michigan, for examples). These policies are more stringent than the basic NCAA requirements. For example, one...