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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 5369851, member: 40"]
I love the addition of Alex Kline.

He has a great track record, and will be successful no matter where he goes.

But I think the problem is that the expectations about his role and what he's trying to do might not align with what needs to transpire [U]this specific offseason[/U], given where we are in terms of roster construction.

My two concerns are that Alex might be phenomenal using advanced analytics and his own "eye test" to identify quality transfer prospects, but that doesn't mean that we'll be able to LAND them.  Recruiting is a two-way street, and guys who we'd love to bring in might have other suitors, might have other teams willing to pay them more, or might not have interest in our program -- all of which we saw happen many times last year with the portal.

And secondly, given the wholesale roster turnover we're going to have this offseason, adding supplemental guys isn't going to be enough -- we need to land at least 2 [and probably more] top flight caliber starters to come in and be big time contributors next year.  Not just depth pieces [and we'll need some of those, as well].

Given the lousy year we're having, it is going to be tough uphill sledding to land those guys, because portal transfer of that caliber will have lots of other options.  And what Alex does "best" -- which appears to be identify diamonds in the rough who are undervalued and would be good system fits -- while a great skill and an asset to the program overall, might not be what the program NEEDS this off-season, at this specific point in time.
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