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[QUOTE="HoustonCuse, post: 3830463, member: 87"]
I understand how a statement like this can read as concerning, but it also is a fairly context free quote and we know how Boeheim can be sometimes dismissive of questions.

So one interpretation of this response is: JB has totally lost touch and has no hope of recruiting in the new world even if he was willing to put in the effort.

Another is: JB was simply responding that recruiting is fundamentally the same: you try to find good players that fit your system and you try to get them to come to your school.

Couple points: we have actually gotten some pretty doggone good recruits in recent years: Dior, Bazley, Battle, Benny, etc. Dior and Bazley not ever actually enrolling could be viewed as just bad luck or that hey were trolling us the whole time. But if those guys had made it to campus, it dramatically changes some perceptions.

Two things I know about JB:
He has repeatedly and consistently said throughout his entire career that getting good players is the number one driver of success, not coaching. It is pretty obvious that he understands the importance of recruiting.

He won't promise people things that in the old world were earned. You earned a starting position, you were not promised it. This is apparently the reason for losing Green and Kadary. Maybe in the new environment, he should just promise everybody everything they want to hear, if it turns out to be all lies, they'll just transfer after a year, who cares. He's always treated his players with more respect than that, but they don't want to be treated like that, so adjust.
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