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[QUOTE="Antiprodigy, post: 525185, member: 582"]
Well, It honestly doesn't matter whether anyone likes the results of the latest class.
 
The facts:
1. The former head coach was leaving whether anyone liked it or not.
2. He took half the coaching staff with him. (You can argue whether he intended too from the beginning, or not)
 
So, there is no point to discuss what the previous staff may or may not have been able to do, because they weren't going to be here.
 
The only question is whether the new staff can/could do two things:
1.  Retain the existing class.
2.  Bring in new players to fill the class (as it was never filled in the first place)
 
I think there is plenty of evidence to have a strong case that the former staff had given up on recruiting, as they had no plans to be at SU.
 
As for the new staff, I think you can say that they did okay with point 1.  Not great, but not bad.  They kept the majority of the class together, but they lost the upper crust of the class.
 
As for point 2, I think it is difficult (unless you have blinders on) to honestly say that the new staff has not done a good job. 
The players that have been added are of a quality that is amongst the better players that the school has been able to recruit in the past 10 years.
That doesn't mean that they are necessarily the best recruits, but they are far from the worst recruits.  And to be able to do that, with half a staff, and only a month, is quite impressive.
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