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[QUOTE="Madbiker, post: 2911041, member: 312"]
Anyone who has watched this program from the days of Pearl Washington knows our recruiting the last 5 years especially ain't what it used to be. Maybe longer. Several reasons and it's not just the sanctions. Internal staff dissension issue, JB aging and not recruiting as aggressively, inexperienced assistant coaches,etc. But SU is not getting the caliber of player they used to get. Some say the recruiting service rankings don't matter. BS. To have a continuing supply of talent that keeps you in the top echelon of the ACC you need a continuing supply of highly ranked kids. Yes, there are occasional sleepers (and we've had our share) but you can't run a top 20 program relying on getting lots of under the radar guys. When you get a lot of players who are not top 75, or in some cases not even top 125, your on court product is going to slip. And that is happening to SU. 
Yes, JB has evolved over time away from running up-tempo basketball for whatever reasons. But we have had some very successful years with his revised philosophy -- as long as you have great talented players to run it. We have a lot less of those players recently. If we are going recruit centers who have no offensive skills, then at least get some who are monster rebounders. We can't have guys who score no points and get 4 rebounds. Why are we recruiting PG's with poor handles and have no perimeter shot? How many in a row?  Very frustrating to watch.
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