Yeah not really. Knox was better. I have to laugh at the idea that losing games we shouldn't somehow started under Walters. Brohm was literally known for that including this season in just his last game at UL.
The point isn't to compare Brohm as a coach to Walters. I haven't done that's and again, for the folks struggling with the English language, I have said the jury is out on whether Walters is a good coach or not. He may not be.
The point is that there were a lot of holes left. Walters didn't have the team left behind to start with that Brohm did. The QB he had STILL hasn't started a single game anywhere. The QB he got in the portal is nowhere near Blough or Sindelar, at least not yet. No Mockabee and Tracy aren't as good as Knox and Jones. Rice is NOWHERE near Zico or Wright. Bailey, Bentley, Neal, Mackey, Watts, would all be upgrades and start for this team.
If we had Blough, the two RBs, the defensive players I listed and those two WRs, this team would be 4-3 too.
Now, I don't have to be high to believe that because the QB and skill positions are critical to wins and losses and at almost every one what we started with in 2017 was better than what we started with this season.
Of course none of that means Walters is a good coach or even a better coach than Brohm, it does mean this team needs a lot of talent infused before anyone makes them a quality team.
Almost every player held over comes from recruiting classes that averaged 58th. That's not high level recruiting.