Stop with the Chizik’s Guys stupidity. Lots of Rhoads guys on our roster yet. Good Jones, Meeker, Spears, Croney, Kene (Rhoads Commit that CMC signed), etc. And we had a lot of Rhoda’s players that were critical to the success that we have had the last couple years. Brian Peavey and Lanning and Harvey for example. Rhoads was our best choice for that time. But his moment and opportunity passed. But the enthusiasm generated in those early years led to improvements in facilities that Campbell now enjoys. And continues to capitalize on while improving things more.
Campbell is a much better recruiter. Love the strategy of Big 12 option in the Midwest. Why take a player from Texas just because he is from Texas. Our S & C seems to be better. Coaching Staff Continuity and Consistency is much better. Plus Campbell is an excellent speaker who communicates well. Rhoads stammered and stuttered a lot. Not a good speaker.
Campbell is a great coach. Love him. But we don’t need to bash Rhoads. He did good things. He also didn’t capitalize on opportunities. It was time to part ways. We improved ourselves with the coaching change.
Rhoads was a cheerleader that brought some good publicity to the program. For the first 2 or so seasons, guys played hard for him. His downfall was that he wasn't a very good recruiter, chose his staff poorly (over all) and he couldn't develop kids.