First of all, that is a big assumption. I think that you are thinking about Mack and English as interchangeable. They are not the same caliber athlete. My macro view on recruiting is to get the highest level of talent that you can each year, no matter the position. Some years may be heavy in certain positions, some may be light. The DT position is loaded in 2016. We already have Marshall committed and are in serious contention for four other stud DTs. If a team makes a mistake in an evaluation, they are stuck with that player (occupies a precious scholarship) for four years. We have all heard GP mention this. To answer your question, the coaches went after the best talent available and I will never fault them for that. That is what they are suppose to do. They did everything in their power to convince the kid and we are in his final two. Yes, it appears that we are on the outside looking in but we were in contention. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, that's recruiting. Assuming we don't get Mack, I would rather fill another more pressing need. We have Joe Broadnax this year and think we could take three really solid DTs in 2016.
