Oregon State University and football coach Gary Andersen mutually parted ways Monday after a 1-5 start to the season, leaving many to wonder what went wrong during his two-plus seasons at the helm.
Nowhere was the turmoil more apparent than on the recruiting trail, where disfunction and mixed messages among the coaches led to a disjointed effort.
On Tuesday, The Oregonian/OregonLive's Andrew Nemec was joined by Madison coach/area recruiting expert Don Johnson, who was approached for a possible recruiting consultant job by Oregon State last year, to discuss what went wrong in Corvallis.
Miscommunication between coaches, a lack of quality evaluation and a coaching reset with the departures of Kalani Sitake (BYU) and Brent Brennan (San Jose State) were discussed.