The recruiting track record is turning out to be awful. KO just isn't going after the right type of players.
Setting aside the 2013 class where we largely took what was available, and were hampered by awful BBIQ (Purvis, Brimah, Facey), this is who KO has brought in:
2014
Hamilton (talented and heady, but no toughness or leadership and no desire to be here)
Lubin (nowhere near good enough for this level)
2015
Adams (bona fide stud)
Enoch (no skill, toughness, or IQ, and didn't want to be here)
2016
Larrier (TBD, highly rated but had a mediocre season at VCU before getting injured here)
Gilbert (injury problems coming in showed up again)
Diarra (chronic injury problems)
Durham (multiple injuries coming in)
Vital (underrated, with classic UConn toughness)
Jackson (decent player, but no desire to be here)
2017
Diallo should have been a slam dunk for us, put all our eggs in that basket and failed
MAL shied away from competition before setting foot on the court
Cobb (TBD, low-rated, who knows what we'll get)
Polley (TBD, low-rated, who knows what we'll get)
Carlton (TBD, low-rated, who knows what we'll get)
That's basically 2 sure-fire successes, 5-6 failures, and a whole bunch of question marks. Nowhere near good enough.
Hopefully Chillious will be able to turn this around.