Agreed. recruiting is a major issue for Bob. In 9 years he has only had two HS recruits who made significant impact as freshmen; EP and Washington; along with two more, Mbamalu and Stove, who became very solid mid-major players. Long made early impact as well, but was technically a transfer.
Hind sight is 20/20 but the program appears to have peaked last year. How does that old stock market disclaimer go? ' Past performance is no predictor of future performance'. Hope I'm wrong but it's difficult to see a return to the NCAAs for MBB in the near future.
Once in two decades isn’t acceptable. No wonder there’s apathy. No excitement for the younger generation. The older are dying, and moving.
I can tell you from the younger people I’ve recently spoken to, more feel that apathy than those who don’t.
And let me reiterate like I have before. I don’t want Coach Marlin gone by any means, and I support his contract extension. But I would like to see the product improved from what we have seen over the last month. We have way too many resources for this program compared to our peers to be 4-5 in the Sun Belt. Let’s see if we can turn the corner staring tomorrow night.
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