This team is incomplete. Losing Jesse they had to scramble to find someone, anyone to fill that void. Hunter Dickerson was never considering us. They got Westry and JJ and that's pretty good on paper, then Judah decided to return, and with Copland plus Cuff, seemingly we have real depth and athleticism, but no shooter. Taylor and Benny seem to have regressed, and here we are.
Looks like all the guys we got from the portal were previous HS recruits. Makes sense since the coaches already know them. We don't seem to be getting any impact transfer that we haven't previously recruited. That may be NIL related, no idea.
There isn't a DC, Billy or Sherman knocking on our doors. That was yesterday. Today it's a totally different ball game, you put a team together and you have a one year window to make some noises and after that it's musical chair all over again. I think the player development aspect, especially with bigs is a real problem. We can't wait 2-3 years to develop a big. This is a totally different skill set then the traditional 4 year model. We will see what AA can do. As for our "brand", I have come to accept that we are what the results say we are in recent years.