In another venue Cruiser wrote:
By the way, head coaches from West Virginia and Kansas State have recently attended practices to see how Bronco runs the program in the off season. He has got something very special happening here. I do not hesitate to say that we have the best-conditioned team in the country during the off season. We may not have the best players, but we have very good players, and pound for pound, Bronco Mendenhall gets the most out of them.
I've written this article three times and accidentally erased it. Argh.
Shorter version: It's a big deal that these other schools are checking out Bronco's program for the offseason, but I think they won't be able to see the thing that makes the biggest difference. I think the player buy-in, unity and sense of willingness to follow the program are what is at the heart of the results that have these teams coming here to observe.
Bronco may not have the best rated recruits, but he has the recruits that will work best with him. I say that counts for more, and what's going on right now in training is the first evidence you'll see this year. To those that say Bronco is not a good recruiter, I say consider your standard of measurment. How worthwhile is a recruit who won't give the kind of effort that the team is currently showing right now?
I'm certain we'll see plenty more pieces of evidence as the year rolls on.
