Someone can answer this question much better than I can. What surprises me is they seem to lack physicality, which was a staple of the Schmidt era. I say that is surprising when you consider Wilmot’s background as an OL/strength coach. Their spread/gun pro-style offense seems to be a tad predictable. It worked when they had a great QB (Andrews or McAndrews maybe?), but it seems to be a bit stagnant since. Their defense appears to be a somewhat similar story - they don’t seem to be very multiple on that side of the ball.
There are a ton of kids in the program. I’m not sure if they lose kids to the privates in the area (Egan, Wood, LaSalle, etc), so that could be hurting them some. But, which SOL isn’t losing a few kids to those schools? I think it’s fair to say they have underachieved lately.
Again, someone closer to the program can answer much better than I can; those are just some of my thoughts from afar.