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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1679854, member: 40"] Alsacs, I don't agree with the premise of your OP. I think the bigger fundamental issue is that we recruited two one-and-dones during the short span of time you reference, and didn't benefit from either of them taking the next step. Ennis had a good freshman year--no question--but he would have been better that second year. Put him on last year's team, where PG was our lone / main weakness, and we're top 10 wire-to-wire. McCullough--we essentially got nothing from him last year, and then he bounced--which was his perrogative, not faulting him for going pro. Very highly rated player, nearly zero benefit from his time on the hill. Let that sink in for a minute. We land one and done types who generally aren't truly "elite" / transcendent, and we don't benefit from those guys maximizing their capabilities, because they are gone before they do. The other critical factor is the choices we've made at PG since 2013...and the player's we've turned away. We took Ennis over Monte Morris [huge miss here, considering how badly Morris wanted to come here] and Rysheed Jordan. We took Joseph over JaQuan Newton--another kid who wanted to come here. Nothing against Ennis, who obviously was a first round caliber talent, but any of those other players would have helped us more than who we landed. Just think about if Morris -- who is kicking a$$ at ISU and has them top 10-ish in his junior year -- had been our point guard the last [I]THREE YEARS[/I]. Or if we had Newton manning the point the last two instead of Joseph. Totally different story. If McCullough had come back this year, imagine plugging him in at center instead of Coleman / Lydon the human sieve. Ultimately, we've had a couple of bad breaks these past couple of years that have undermined things. No more, no less. I know that many want to point to some conspiracy or grand shortcoming of the coaching staff, but I honestly don't think it is that at all. [/QUOTE]

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