They both play a large part in what our score is/was. But ultimately, the responsibility for this is on our compliance people and the academic support staff in the AD’s office.

I think Dodge could have done more to bring Evan Robertson back and hang on to guys like Peachey and Banks, and that would have helped our 2007/08 score a lot. But I don’t expect the man to be fully knowledgeable on recruiting rules, practice restrictions, strength and conditioning programs, player development, AND academic performance/APR compliance.

With all the things the head coach needs to worry about, calculating the impact on APR scores is not something I blame him too much about. Once people started getting dropped, run off, etc. in 07/08, someone in the AD’s office should have warned Dodge about what was happening.

I can’t imagine Dodge would have let the score fall as far as it did if he realized how serious the APR hit (and the associated penalties) would be. Someone else probably dropped the ball on this one.

But as Ty pointed out, I didn’t even mention Dodge’s name. This story isn’t about him or Dickey, it’s about the school.