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[QUOTE="tep624, post: 4879461, member: 430"]
I knew were were in trouble as a fan base when people were vocally defending the obscure JUCO’s we were adding late in the recruiting cycle last year after losing our 2 best HS recruits.  Adding guys that little if any other programs want out of the JUCO ranks isn’t a good direction and generally isn’t going to work out well.

The expectations had gotten to the point that as long as Dino won 5-7 games and had recruiting classes in the 50’s then that was the best we could hope for.

Which is a stark contrast to the direction of the program in 2018 - we won 10 games, we were ranked #15 to end the season and we were incredibly close to qualifying for the ACC championship that year.  Our recruiting at the tail end of the 2019 class following that season was very strong (prospects like Kpogba, Mikel Jones, Cornelius Nunn, all big time legit power program targets, 4 stars etc).   It seemed coming out of that season that we were back, then followed it up with frustrating 5-7 season that killed all that momentum.

The best thing about Fran is that he’s showing that, at least recruiting wise, that it can be done here by the right guy who uses his resources effectively, works his ass off and is relentless.
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