recruiting classes given our institutional limitations.

Lots of BYU fans, however, honestly think our coach should be able to figure out how to win more than 50% of our games, especially when 50% of our games the past 4 years have been against:
Wyoming
Toledo
Umass
Southern Utah
Utah State
Cincinnati
Portland State
East Carolina
San Jose
Fresno
UNLV
Hawaii
McNeese State
NIU
NM State
and Western Michigan

a 50% winning percentage is baked into our schedules. None of those teams listed have an overall recruiting advantage over BYU. None of those teams have more money to run their athletic department. None of those teams have better talent than BYU. A coach with a 50% winning percentage the past 3 years at BYU is doing nothing more than barely holding serve and is not providing any added value above and beyond what a generic placeholder coach should be able to provide.