"won at every stop" - he's inherited 3 programs that were already winning and taken them backwards.
http://tigerboard.com/boards/view.php?message=14646303
and as posted earlier
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/15/college-hotline-cals-season-ends-let-the-transition-begin-martins-future-rabbs-future-and-a-bleak-roster/
"recruiting ties naturally fit with Mizzou" - he has never successfully recruited St Louis or the Midwest. He got 3 kids from St Louis to go to SMSU. That's almost impossible NOT to do. And it was 8 years ago.