Where are the top Boston area kids going to go?
Noel went to Kentucky, Vonleh went to Indiana, MCP & Joseph went to Syracuse, Abu to NC State, Terrell to URI, Mann to Florida State, Selden to Kansas, Niang to Iowa State, Connaughton, Auguste & Colson to Notre Dame, Okonoboh to UNLV.
Not every guy on that list worked out, but we recruited all of them.
This isn't the '90s or '00s when we could afford to ignore New England. The talent level at home has come way up over the last 8 or 9 years, and recruiting Boston in particular is arguably as important to our long-term success as keeping a presence in NYC.
FWIW we're aiming for two top-50 players (Makai Ashton-Langford and Jermaine Samuels) from greater Boston in the Class of 2017.
This post is not a "we're doomed!" post btw - I suspect we'll be just fine even after KH's departure. But the idea that these kids have nowhere to go and will
have to choose us is really, really misguided.