Answer: Building a football program is almost like a dog chasing its tail as you need to win games to recruit talent, yet you need talent to win games. That said, continued progress is the key to spreading the belief that Rutgers is on the right track, which ultimately will make players want to become Scarlet Knights. And the higher caliber players the staff is able to recruit, the better the on-field proguct will be becasue talent makes the biggest difference of all when it comes to the gridiron sport.
Rutgers doubled its win total from year one to year two of Ash's regime, going from two-to-four-wins -- a 100 percent increase.