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Message: [QUOTE="pfister1, post: 2165265, member: 285"] over recruiting is really getting tiresome. Yes, we appear to have had a down year (as measured by not getting particular targets, rather than the ultimate class) although we don't even know who will ultimately constitute the final class for next season. And the last couple of years have been down when you put aside our early entrants because we have not had reasonable developmental players to step in and fill the voids left by the guys leaving early (also partially/largely attributable to scholarship reductions). Yes we all see that and know that. All of that is water under the proverbial bridge at this point. It is what it is and aside from JB pulling a rabbit or two out of his hat, it can't be changed. Clearly changes have occurred .... maybe they will bring different results, maybe they won't; only time will tell, but it seems really improbable that any change that is made now will have all that much impact on next year's roster. Recruiting isn't a draft where you simply pick available players. You have to identify them early, put time in and convince them to pick you. We made our bed for next year with decisions that were made over the last year or two, there is a chance JB can alter some of it, but again it isn't like the NFL draft where you simply have to make better selections and we can still make those selections. So if you really must wring your hands do so over our approach to the Class of 2018 or 2019 guys; that is a place where if we are smart we can probably still see significant results...but there isn't a lot that can be done for the 2017-18 roster other than a couple of late hail Marys and the grad transfer route. Again, this is not to say that those Hail Marys won't be fruitful, just that there aren't really great Plan Bs and Cs that can be chased for next year. We made decisions on our approach to this class that are really difficult to overcome this late in the game. But focus on our approach to what can be changed, not our approach to the water that has already flowed under the dam. [/QUOTE]

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