Seriously, what is the greatest speed enhancement you have seen through the TCU program?
Do you honestly not believe Patterson recruits speed? You think the staff looks at a kid and says he could become a 4.5 guy or 4.4 so lets get him over a kid already running 4.4 and 4.5s?
*facepalm*
I never said CGP doesn't recruit speed. It is nice if the guy is already fast and ready to go and most likely will be able to maintain speed or even get better. If the kid is already fast he probably already disciplined or has great genes/talent that is hard to find in kids.
You can teach speed. A kid CAN get from a 5 flat to a 4.5 forty as an example.
You can and I've seen it happen. CGP is one of the best at developing players and one aspect he works on is speed. That is why in the off season CGP puts his kids through intense circuit training. Lets just look at the NFL and the combine, what do you think those hopefuls train for (by that time your not going to make huge strides, however you can increase your forty by point something - but in 4 years at TCU you can make huge strides especially in that freshmen year, thus one reason why coaches red shirt players).
Their is flexibility training, plyometrics, mechanics training (acceleration and top speed work), abdominal training, training to get your body composition to the right weight, circuit training, endurance training, strength & power training, agility training, etc. All these are used to increase speed and if you think a kid can't increase speed and only has what he has for the rest of their life by senior year in high school is ignorant on your part.
You might be able to look up kids on the internet and know when they are coming or who is interested in TCU but you have a lot to learn about the development of players.
Would it be nice if Fuller had incredible speed, yes, but he is a QB. Can he get faster once in the TCU program, 100% he can. I expect if he is 4.7 or 4.8 forty as a senior in high school, I think he could get to a 4.6 or 4.5 forty or better later in his development in TCU's program. If things come more natural for him, if he has the "it" factor it will be a lot easier than if he is an average football player.
You go and get speed because they are most likely not going to get worse so then you have a load of really fast players on your team. A kid that runs a 4.7 forty can get better but that is up to the program and kid if that is going to happen or not (and it takes a lot of time and determination).