If Klemm hadn't left...

[ponyinNC]

I wrote this in another thread, but thought it deserved its own. I know there are Klemm-haters on this board that say he never actually got us any players, but please read the following with an open mind.

The lack of recruiting under JJ has been the dagger that has kept us from 10 win seasons IMHO. Truly inexcusable.

Now just imagine ---- if Mora doesn't get the UCLA job, and Klemm was able to stay at SMU for just 1 or 2 more years, we would have had quite a lot of Pac-12 level talent on our team. He was named freaking "coach/recruiter of the year", and had the following guys signed or ready to sign with SMU:

2012
Gabe Marks (4 star, 13th ranked WR - bolted to WSU when Klemm left)
Robert Lewis (actually committed to SMU, then bolted to WSU when Klemm left)

All these guys were on SMU hard because of Klemm and ended up at UCLA with Klemm:

Jordan Payton (4 star)
Lacy Westbrook (4 star)
Ishmail Adams (4 star)
Eldridge Massington (4 star)
Caleb Benenoch (4 star)

I have no idea whether they would have actually signed with us, qualified, etc.(Davon Moreland never made it after all)...but I have absolutely no doubt that Klemm would have sold us to more than a few 4 star guys. He'd have stolen them from USC, UCLA, WSU, UW, Cal, etc.

If that happens, our talent level increases and we at least feel better about JJ. Perhaps JJ gets extended. Perhaps we steal that Texas Tech game this year, and compete with TAMU. At the very least, we'd feel like we have momentum going forward.

If's and buts...I know, but still. Just imagine...

[SMU 86]

Oh no. Now the wave of Klemm bashing is about to start.

[SMU2007]

Klemm showed what recruiting could be like here at SMU with a staff that gave a crap. The main reason why this geriatric staff is so infuriating.

[mustangxc]

Like you said, he never did anything for us, but was well on his way to doing great things for us. It would have been nice to get that talent infusion to take us to the next level and subsequently attract that type of talent locally. What coul have been.

[ponyinNC]

Like you said, he never did anything for us, but was well on his way to doing great things for us. It would have been nice to get that talent infusion to take us to the next level and subsequently attract that type of talent locally. What coul have been.

That is exactly where I was headed with this...that Cali pipeline from Klemm combined with Jason Phillips in Houston area would've paid some big dividends.

[ponyinNC]

Klemm showed what recruiting could be like here at SMU with a staff that gave a crap. The main reason why this geriatric staff is so infuriating.

+10000000

[The PonyGrad]

I do not care if Mora went to UCLA, it was the fact that JJ flirted with ASU publically. I do not think Klemm leaves otherwise and I do not blame him for doing so.

This is just old news but it totally killed our recruiting momentum.

Wondering what would have happened is not helpful at this point.

[ponyinNC]

Wondering what could have been is not helpful...you are correct.

But I think we can learn from the past - namely, that we CAN go after and CAN GET top recruits with the right staff.

Point is, it can be done. So let's hire a staff that does it. Gimme 3 Klemms and I will give you a top 25 team.

[GiddyUp]

Klemm showed what recruiting could be like here at SMU with a staff that gave a crap. The main reason why this geriatric staff is so infuriating.

+10000000

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