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[QUOTE="Brooky03, post: 3207406"]
Sanctions are the reason recruiting was down while the sanctions were in place.  Thy only reason?  No.  The biggest reason?  Yes.  Not really an opinion I'm onboard with changing, even in light of the 'fact check.'

The failures in the last recruiting class or two can be attributed to other factors in larger and growing proportions.  Hop leaving and being mildly successful, which pulled his SU recruits with him to the west coast, is a big factor.  The current recruiters being inexperienced and less than stellar salesmen doesn't help either.  And multiple atrocious seasons of bad looking basketball hurts; as does JB's age.

The sanctions aren't wholly responsible for the shortcomings one moment and then not responsible the next, though.  It's more nuanced than that and the impact of the sanctions will gradually lessen over time.  The team would not be nearly as bad as it is right now if the sanctions weren't in place and/or weren't as overly severe as they were.  Yes or no?  If yes, then saying we suck because the sanctions made it harder to not suck is in bounds and entirely fair.  I see no possible way that answer could be 'no.'
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