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[QUOTE="Cusedad2X, post: 3594766, member: 2688"]
I have been bellyaching about our recruiting downward spiral for sometime.  I think I even got banned for it at one time...lol

My take (yes, I've repeated it over and over)...  It started with preparation for the 2016 OLyMPICS.  JB took Hop (#1 recruiter at the time) away from the program.  Their absence left GMAC ?? in charge.  Bryan antoine (NOVA) and Scottie Lewis (UF) were a couple underclassmen top 20 recruits out of NJ.  During the Olympic summer they visited Colgate.  Yes, COLGATE!!!  That's the kind of "sleeping at the wheel" recruiting that was going on in the Boss and Hop's absence.  We are not Duke.  Our rep was not going to get us top 10 recruits like Duke.  Those kids should have been invited regardless of their interest.

Other recruits were obviously not identified or recruited to the level required to get the signatures of top players in that era.  JB was not "killing it"" on the recruiting trail.  Then......of course, Hop left and our recruiting just continued the downward spiral.  Except for the current and most recent years, we're not bringing in the talent level required to consistently compete in the upper level of the ACC.
 I also will acknowledge, that JB may be hesitant to bend rules like in the past due to getting hit by the NCAA 2X.  .
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