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Message: [QUOTE="Jasoncuse, post: 2036376, member: 470"] All in on KJ, as in not having anything lined up after year 1 or 2. He was the PG recruit, fine, but there hasn't been anything done since except adding a combo in FH. All in on QG, as in not recruiting anyone else. Obviously different situations, but both were the only options in their situation. Obviously, they've had some impact, but I disagree that they were overwhelming and such a monster problem. The way the program handled those reductions seems to be the biggest problem. We've always had open scholies and still have open scholies even with the reduction. It was a situation that could have been overcome. Bryant didn't come because he wanted out of mom's backyard. And didn't BJ leave because we were bringing in Malachi and his family wanted him to take a step back, redshirt and gets stronger/better? BJ's dad said it had nothing to do with sanctions. We would've had a spot for him, since we added Pascal in the summer of 2015, 3 months after BJ announced his move. Either way, I dont' think either of those were a direct result of the crunch. I may be off, though. That's exactly the point. This program hasn't been out in front of the recruiting game. From all indications, the staff hasn't worked their tails off fighting to land kids, at least compared to peers and compared to what we obviously needed in this transition time. Instead, we're left going after grad xfers because the long relationships weren't there. We did the Quade thing, but what other lengthy relationships have been built in that class? Why not more guard recruiting? Where will we find scorers? We're left back in the grad transfer market, and may really be in trouble for next year depending on Lydon/Battle. Our biggest issues, IMO, have been the limited recruiting scope/plan and simply whiffing on way too many kids. Yes, we usually have the G's, Scoops, Triches, etc, but we had the Kaleb, Obokoh and Patterson's all at once. You can't swing and miss on that many all at once, and then fail to adequately replace others. [/QUOTE]

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