He was strong with XXXs and OOOx, but weak at everything else. Some of the LDS bigs he failed to recruit include, Scott Pollard, Travis Knight, Mark Madsen, Alex Jensen, Mark Pope and Chris Burgess. He believed he was such a good coach that he could win with any player who just did as the coach told him. By the time Roger got fired the recruiting and talent cupboard was completely bare. Roger won as long as he was coaching players recruited by LaDell Anderson. Once that pipeline ran out, BYU started a tailspin.