[socalstanfan1]

I like the hire a lot although I am concerned that we didn't quite replace the dynamic recruiting capabilities of the coaches we lost.

I'll wait before jumping to this conclusion.  I would assume that Akina has extensive connections in Texas, one of the hotbeds of HS talent (along with California and Florida), and if he can walk into a recruit's home and start talking about all the DBs he has worked with who are now, or who have recently been, in the NFL, I would think that at least the DB recruits would be impressed.  I worried, too, when Taggart left a couple of years back, but we seem to have carried on pretty well.

[socalstanfan1]

I like the hire a lot although I am concerned that we didn't quite replace the dynamic recruiting capabilities of the coaches we lost.

I'll wait before jumping to this conclusion.  I would assume that Akina has extensive connections in Texas, one of the hotbeds of HS talent (along with California and Florida), and if he can walk into a recruit's home and start talking about all the DBs he has worked with who are now, or who have recently been, in the NFL, I would think that at least the DB recruits would be impressed.  I worried, too, when Taggart left a couple of years back, but we seem to have carried on pretty well.