It's way too early to say what Taggart will accomplish in recruiting as Oregon's new head football coach. But he is definitely taking a very different approach from that of Helfrich or Kelly. Taggart seems more hands on, and more aware of how to use social media to connect to and establish rapport with recruits. By contrast, Helfrich and Kelly seemed more "traditional", but over time, especially in the last few seasons, that approach wasn't working as well anymore.

As for recruiting QBs specifically, I think Taggart has a good track record. When he was the running backs coach under Jim Harbaugh at Stanford, he helped to recruit Andrew Luck, who was a pro-style QB. At his last stop, University of South Florida, Taggart recruited and developed Quinton Flowers into a dual-threat QB running a prolific offense. The most obvious need for Ducks recruiting is defense. Taggart needs more defensive play-makers, like Jabril Peppers of Michigan and Jonathan Allen of Alabama... holiday wish list!