bobinator said:
well obviously the coaching staff should care, but I mean as fans there's no point worrying about two years down the road. Let's actually live up to expectations next year first.
If there's no point in worrying about what happens more than one year out, then why does this board have a 678 post thread w 91k page views discussing the recruitment of A&M targets that won't play a game for at least two years? Of course it matters. Influx of talent into the pipeline is the single biggest component for high D-1 success. If Pearl was filling his pipeline w generic 3-star talent, his poor 3-year record would take on a completely different tone.
Since in college sports, a majority of fans are donors and influencers of the program, a good program needs knowledgeable and prudent fans/donors. So it's, no question, important to know the context of what is happening to the longer term success factors of the program.