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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 2108611, member: 40"] Great OP, Dash. The problem isn't easy to define or remediate, because it is multi-dimensional. There isn't a magic bullet. And a lot of this has been discussed throughout the season. In no particular order... [LIST] [*]JB's pending retirement--which hasn't been much of an issue on the recruiting trail until this season--finally became a factor, now that the finish line is finally in sight [/LIST] [LIST] [*]JB also hasn't been as proactive on the recruiting trail [/LIST] [LIST] [*]We've unnecessarily restricted our focus to the east coast [/LIST] [LIST] [*]And we've unnecessarily restricted the targets we've gone after to a handful of targets, while simultaneously ignoring some top notch prospects we had an "in" with who might have been true difference makers and created a "buzz" amongst other recruits [see: Michael Porter] [/LIST] [LIST] [*]We put all of our eggs into a couple of baskets at PG / SG for the class of 2017, and it backfired [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Bringing in 5th year transfers paid off, as both players were all they were cracked up to be, but it took a long time to integrate them defensively [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Players we were expecting to make a sophomore leap, like Joseph and Franklin Howard, busted [/LIST] [LIST] [*]We passed over players that really wanted to come here like Monte Morris [four year starter at ISU] and Jaquan Newton [who burned us today], who would have been better program assets than the players we passed them over for [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Players like Roberson and Coleman regressed [/LIST] [LIST] [*]McCullough got injured, and didn't make much of an impact because of that [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Guys who were brought in to be shooters like BJ and Patterson couldn't hit the broad side of a barn [/LIST] [LIST] [*]The NCAA sanctions scared away a guy we might have landed in Thomas Bryant who would have had a HUGE impact on our interior these past two seasons, singlehandedly shoring up both teams' biggest weakness [/LIST] [LIST] [*]The scholarship restrictions gave us a smaller margin for error in terms of "missing" on the recruiting trail, but we've "missed" at a higher rate than usual in a couple of recent classes [/LIST] Lots of factors. [/QUOTE]

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