Yes, he can do it. His recruiting was over the top good at NDSU, including success in the very region KSU needs for success. Now, you give him all of KSU's resources? My goodness, watch out.
The Big 12 is in for a shock; wait 2-3 years, when the defense becomes so sound, these tempo teams look like fools against it. Then, KSU will take their big farm kids and start grinding folks to pulp just like NDSU does.....
They will be a regular contender in the Big 12 at least until other teams figure out they need to change. Key for Coach K, IMHO, will be to get those next level skill guys as freshman......
While I agree that CK appeared to be a very good recruiter, are we sure he was over the top good? Let’s not forget that the senior class that just left was recruited under his predecessor’s watch. Yes, CK had to keep them after Bohl left which is an accomplishment in and of itself, but the identification of the talent was done under a Bohl regime. I personally will have a better idea of how good CK was at recruiting by how the next two seasons go with respect to player performance.
Weren’t Stick, Bacon, Jones, Volson, Menard, Connor, Jenson, Allison, Shepherd, Marlette, Dunn, Williams, Butler, Jordheim, and Steidl all redshirt seniors? At least that is what my 2014 recruiting class print out says. That’s 15 fifth year seniors who were starters or significant contributors, not five. Big difference! Anderson, Grimsley, and Pederson are the only fourth year seniors that graduated that I can see.
Can't forget that Klieman had been recruiting to NDSU since 2011. So the last few classes had his touch on them, including the 5 years senior class.
Kliemans got out at the last minute. NDSU is going to be awful this year. Yes we'll again be national champions, but there are going to be a couple plays were a guy or two are out of position.
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