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[QUOTE="Niastri, post: 5242814, member: 722"]
You could argue that Red didn't get "his team" in place until late this off season, when he hired the assistant to replace McNamara and the GM and analytics team.

The players are all his.  Last year, didn't want to upset the apple cart, but now, every player is his, including Bell who could have been ushered out like all of JBs other recruits if Red wanted.

Then NIL team is up for debate.  Are there still thinks Red would like to do to support NIL that he hasn't yet been able to implement? There is so much going right, but still clearly work to do, on and off the court.

On the other hand, if we get high school recruiting classes like 2024 and 2025 every year, we will be beyond alright, even if we can't afford top of the line portal recruits. Birth of those classes beat every JB class going back to 2011.

If you included high school rankings of the Starling and Westry transfer class immediately after JB retired, you could say Red has recruited 3 consecutive recruiting classes better than anything JB recruited in more than a decade. I mention them because they clearly came after JB left, wanting to play for Red.

Get the top talent, figure out the coaching.

It's a strategy that can win, and will only get better as the coaching staff finds their feet.
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