Really, in comparison to recruiting ranks to final football rankings. Bo was +3, Snyder was +10 & Riley was +18. Riley does more with less and Oregon St. is a worse place to recruit than K St.
Im not sure anyone is ranking Riley anywhere close to Bill Snyder in real lifeThe guy deserves his due
Erickson came in behind Riley and they didnt miss a beat, did better in fact
When Snyder left KSU fell apart and Snyder resurrected them again- with recruiting classes in the 40s, 50s, 60s,
Just quoting stats. I think Snyder is a good coach, just not as great as you are portraying him to be! I also believe Riley is a much better teacher & fit for the Huskers.
How would you like to portray Snyder? When he took over at KState, they had the worst record in D1 football. They hadn't won a game in 27 attempts. Then you look at the history of KState. They were the first D1 team to lose 500 games and had the worst historical record of any D1 program. With all of this history, he's still accomplished six top ten finishes. I can't think of a single coach who has taken over a team with similar circumstances and had even half the success Snyder has had.
Well, I'm not a fan of this guy or the football program but, Howard Schnellenburger took over a Miami team that (I believe) was talking about completely dropping football before he took over. They were pathetically horrible and nobody cared about them in Miami. He promised an NC within 5 years and delivered.
Now, even with Miami's success since then, I would rather be a fan of KSU than thug U.
But, you asked about someone taking over a really bad program and had anywhere close to the same success.
