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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 3507384, member: 7492"] From 2014-17 Aston recruited very well. #3 Atkins, #7 Higgs, #6 Sutton, #2 Holmes, 34 Patterson, #3 Booth, and in 2018 she got #8 Prince and #2 Collier. That's recruiting well. Getting them to stay is a different issue. Texas out recruited Baylor during that period. Kim actually develops players and has an offense plus a transition based defense to score, something Texas never developed. But to say Texas didn't recruit up until these past 2 years is wrong. Was it maybe the [I]wrong recruits[/I], sure, I think that is a part of it. I can't believe I am having to defend Karen and Texas, (I will have to take a shower after this), but when you say drop off, what you mean is >#25 ranked recruits as she was still getting top 100 players, just not the elite rankings she did garner. Again, I have parsed the list to a "Top 10" as usually that group is significantly better than the next group as this Top 10 usually comprises the USA youth teams (U16, U17, U18). Kim does get and develop her #11-50 ranked players as well as anyone other than MM or Geno. That also builds her depth. And as you noted, Baylor has always had transfers leaving more so than other programs because she too, has often over recruited. I suspect Vic will see his trend of better recruiting now as Austin and Texas are "better known" names that Starkville or MSU (no offense to all my Bulldog colleagues) and with all the other "Texas" accoutrements that allows over what Mississippi had to offer. How well he will do is yet to be seen. This is the exact same enthusiasm that the wooing and signing of Gail had so let's see if it is a "Texas" curse or not. ;) [/QUOTE]

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