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[QUOTE="SoBristol, post: 3045157, member: 485"]
I agree with your points, but with some limits.
We have had one exceptional season under Dino.  That moved the needle and gets our fan base excited.  So far, though, it is one season and reason to be optimistic. 
Our staff can identify talent, but it has typically made 400 offers to prospects in a cycle.  The list gets winnowed down and the preponderance of that identified talent does not have SU at the top of their wish list. The talent we get is determined to a large degree by who the staff can persuade to visit.  Lots of programs and coaches can identify talent; the trick is selling the program & school & location & opportunity.
We can overstate the importance of “fit the system”. For the most part we want the same prospects (size, quickness, potential) that other programs want.  That is why our best recruits tend to have other P5 offers. There are a few positions or examples to the contrary (Riley or other undersized slot receivers; maybe a smallish fast LB) but not many. We want the OL recruits that BC recruits; we would take the DTs, big DEs and LBs that our ACC rivals have landed.  
Eventually, we need to match and exceed Pitt and BC in recruiting.  Those programs have a recent history of bowl appearances. We need to do that back to back and keep building.
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