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[QUOTE="newmexicuse, post: 1030611, member: 57"]
You should lurk less and post more. Nice analysis.

I think the staff's biggest strategic failure in recruiting is that they have been slow to recognize the transition to one and dones ( by one & done I am saying one season as a starter or with starter's minutes & not necessarily just one season  in the program) by the "second" tier talent (kids ranked 25 to 50) which is really where our recruiting strength lies, since we rarely seem to get the Top Ten mega-talent kid. MCW was supposed to mentor Ennis. Ennis was supposed to mentor Joseph. Grant was supposed to mentor McCullough or else start along side of him. We were supposed to have gotten an extra year from Waiters. Maybe nobody expected to see these guys as seniors, but also nobody expected to see only one season of them with big minute roles.

We may be seeing a transition in recruiting strategy by the staff. Look at our next our incoming recruits - Richardson and Lydon can supposedly bomb - Howard is supposedly an all-purpose natural scorer. None of the three seems to have uber athleticism. So it looks to me like the staff still wants length, but is now willing to sacrifice some athleticism for better skill sets. I think this will work out great at two levels:

1. Less athleticism means that these kids will not be as attractive to the NBA, that drafts on potential alone.

2. Better skillsets should translate to better performance earlier in their careers. The rawer more athletic kids take time for the skills to catch up to the athleticism and by the time they do those kids are one & done - Grant & MCW being the perfect examples.
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