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Message: [QUOTE="diggerfoot, post: 3424559, member: 1673"] All programs will experience recruiting fails; all programs will experience recruiting fails in successive years. You might say we had recruiting fails in three straight classes, but we still are doing pretty well for ourselves and much better than any other program when they sustain recruiting fails in just two straight classes. I point out the Walker class as a possible tactical error in judgement. If you are going to recruit a large class, they should not have such an overlap in position. A class of one out of one, while insufficient in ways, is likely to add to the chemistry of a team better than a class of one out of four. Even after some transfer there is likely to be an impact on chemistry, and the chances of transfer increase if within the same class you recruit all similar positions. (Coombs may have been projected to be a point, but she really did not stand out as such). I am offering a token criticism so I can turn around and say "but I do not know all the facts." It may not have been Auriemma's intention at all to end up with that type of four-player class. Even if it was, all his other "fails" were of the variety all coaches experiences, many times being beyond their control. Yet here we are, with the best four year downturn of any program you will find. After all, we are not Notre Dame. [/QUOTE]