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[QUOTE="newmexicuse, post: 1926854, member: 57"]
I know the recruiting landscape is changing, but there can be no denying that we have huge issues with this 2017 class...or lack thereof. It is not enough to say we are recruiting with the big boys. It seems like everybody else has at least some commitments, so I am tired of hearing the landscape excuse.

The thing that seems to have changed the most is not the process with the highly rated recruits, but the process with the under the radar recruits. In recent years the staff did a great job & identified & got on early with kids like MCW, Moyer, Ennis, and Lydon before they blew up and we successfully got those early commitments.

Why has that changed ?  Why is the staff not identifying and locking up early one or two of these under the radar kids a year (not only 2017, but still no 2018 commitments) ?

This year, of all years, we  need a big class. While we have had a couple of kids unexpectantly leave early, most recently Malachi, one kid leaving early did not change our need for a large class. In fact, in the end Malachi's leaving did not matter because we replaced him with White & he was probably only projected as a two year player anyways. This was the year when we could most afford to get on some less than sure thing kids early & lock em up.

The staff may yet salvage this year's class, but they are certainly taking it to the wire. I know as a fan that I would certainly be feeling better if we had two or three kids in tow at this stage of the game even if they were not ranked in the Top 50.
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