How many proven players did those teams have compared to what UConn will have next season? You can say what you want but what Charlie is saying make sense. How many players were on those teams the following year when the one recruit was a freshman? Do you really think UConn has a good chance to win it all next season with the returning eight players and Griffin as the only new recruit?
Meyers, while I am not in the "sky is falling" group, you are cherry picking your stats. We essentially have one strong Junior, one strong Soph, and to date, one strong Frosh (hopefully ONO will excel in future), and one in the upcoming class. That is 4 consecutive years with light numbers of recruits.
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Decent chance. They'll most likely be in the mix. You'll have a Sr PG (potential AA), a very strong JR (potential AA), 1 So (eventual AA) who might be able to push the 2nd tier of UCONN greats, and a So with some height. That's a pretty good core. Granted we won't be a favorite. And we won't be deep, unless there is some additions by transfers, Juco, etc.
You can call it cherry picking, or just call it truth. And after all those 1 person classes UCONN has always pulled at least a 4/5 person class.
You make it sound like everything is black and white. Even Geno has said that sometimes he makes a mistake and then is stuck with that player as long as they stay.
I think one must consider the dramatic increase in competition for recruits from even just 5-10 years ago. The recruits of today don't have to pick between just UConn, Tennessee, and Stanford, so examples from the '90s and '00s may not be as applicable to today's recruiting environment. We are now competing with ND, South Carolina, Louisville, Baylor, and Oregon, for example. Instead of there being a 1 in 2 or 1 in 3 chance of landing a top recuit, it's more like 1 in 5 or worse odds today. Kids have a lot more options, and maybe if you're a top recruit now you know you can stay closer to home, get a good education, maybe not have to deal with Geno the drill sergeant, and still have a decent chance to win a national championship and go on to a nice pro career.
We will have to wait and see. I think Geno will be more prepared than many of our fans.
It's far from black and white. And that's exactly why they shouldn't be handing out offers to players they aren't sold on. Because as you say even the ones they are sold on don't always work. Of course they could make a mistake the other way, but I don't really think you should base your recruiting efforts on hoping to make a mistake.
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Someone has to up hold the standards for this board and that probably falls to "us few" just like those posters over on the Irish board who did away with you.
