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There isn't one simple catch-all reason that explains everything. Mack and Clarke may have seen a questionable route to playing time with a better recruit at their position a year ahead of them (and Omar), Dorsey might have preferred not to travel east (and/or could be lukewarm about playing with Hamilton again after they had a rocky last season together, even though his dad said they were good friends), Briscoe might have simply been a Kentucky or bust guy, Jones may have been us backing off a bit with grades, and Newman might have simply looked at our schedule and decided that he was too good to play road games at East Carolina and Tulsa (which could be a recurring issue going forward for the top top guys). Or a million other reasons.
Our initial recruiting efforts have allowed us to close with four - but two later reopened. Adams was huge to fill our biggest need, and maybe we'd have had a better shot at Mack if he had a chance to see how much we need his shooting, but that's the way the recruiting calendar has always been so that's just idle whining. Now we probably have to look for a diamond in the rough shooter in the spring, ala Brimah when we needed a big. Or hope Omar keeps going as he's going and Purvis/Hamilton get better.
As for our staff, maybe Hobbs doesn't relate to the younger generation as well as he once did, but he's a proven recruiter. I honestly have no idea what the inner workings of the staff are to give an opinion, but if he can't do it at the level we need then maybe he can replace Howie when he retires and we can open up a search. Miller is in the Blaney role and doesn't recruit, and Ricky is the bottom rung assistant cutting his teeth.
Our initial recruiting efforts have allowed us to close with four - but two later reopened. Adams was huge to fill our biggest need, and maybe we'd have had a better shot at Mack if he had a chance to see how much we need his shooting, but that's the way the recruiting calendar has always been so that's just idle whining. Now we probably have to look for a diamond in the rough shooter in the spring, ala Brimah when we needed a big. Or hope Omar keeps going as he's going and Purvis/Hamilton get better.
As for our staff, maybe Hobbs doesn't relate to the younger generation as well as he once did, but he's a proven recruiter. I honestly have no idea what the inner workings of the staff are to give an opinion, but if he can't do it at the level we need then maybe he can replace Howie when he retires and we can open up a search. Miller is in the Blaney role and doesn't recruit, and Ricky is the bottom rung assistant cutting his teeth.
