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[QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 4592812, member: 297"]
I think JB started slowing down on recruiting well before that, at least as he was involved with USA basketball.

Hop handled it pretty well, especially when it was believed he was next up, but it dried up when he left.

I think it dried up due to a few things, that didn't all necessarily happen at exactly the same time, but did overlap.

1, JB tried building Gerry up and slotted him into the lead recruiter role. The early results there weren't great. In hindsight that may have been too much to put on him at that time.

2, the sanctions definitely had an impact, and because of those we needed a HC that was more engaged in recruiting, not less.

3, dealing with transition from Big East and our standing and normal recruiting territories there to the new realities of the ACC.

4, Father Time looming over JB's eventual career end and the uncertainty that may have put into some recruits.

5, negative recruiting re: the zone. Always there, but exacerbated by everything else.

6, there likely was a Buddy factor. Fantastic that he developed as much as he did, but we were probably fighting a perception of favoritism. Note that I'm not making any claim on that, just acknowledging that it wouldn't be surprising if that was another negative recruiting angle.

7, the portal giveth and the portal taketh away.
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