the thing is in college you don't even have to be an X&Os head coach and can just be a CEO and leave that to the DC and OC like his college coach did. BUT you have to be an elite recruiter and have elite recruiters on staff. the portal is feast or famine and it looks like colorado is starving. high school recruiting has to be your bread and butter and it isn't even close to being that for prime.
to quote kirby smart
"Guys...if you don't recruit, there is no coach out there that can out-coach recruiting. I don't care who you are."
"The best coach to ever play the game, better be a good recruiter because no coach is going to out-coach players."
"It's 25% evaluation, 50% recruiting, and another 25% is going to be coaching, but if you don't recruit, you've got not chance."