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Message: [QUOTE="Waltdods, post: 4195727, member: 2932"] I agree very strongly with the recruiting dropoff. If anything, I think you were kind of underselling it by linking it to the first probation. Another way to look at it is to compare this year's big class to earlier ones. Syracuse had two big classes in the late aughts that really set the stage for the great 09-14 run: 2007 and 2010. In 2007, Syracuse had four guys who were higher rated than anyone in this year's class (Greene, Flynn, Jardine, Jackson). In 2010, there were three (Melo, Waiters, Fair). The top guys SU is getting now would have been a nice fourth or fifth piece 10 years ago. I've got a lot of confidence one or two them will prove to be very good players, but ... [/QUOTE]