UL is still a good choice for pitchers. You can't have too many arms. Russo is a pitchers park. That will never change. Regardless of who is coaching what, the culture for pitchers is rich. Pitching is off, but that is temporary. Position players have a tougher situation.
Recruiting has changed dramatically over the last five years. Kids as young as 13 started getting offers, resulting from increased exposure, requiring schools to recruit four classes, instead of two. We may have been caught a little flat footed here.
NCAA took steps to rein in the recruiting of very young players in early 2018 with new rules. Now schools can official visit junior and seniors. Before only Seniors could official visit. Younger kids can still unofficial visit, but no contact with coaches on campus is allowed. No more offers on campus for players not yet juniors.
Recruiting is still tougher than it was 5, 10 years ago, but less crazy than a year ago. Recruiting multiple classes is more time consuming, expensive and wacky compared to just five years ago. Everybody has to adjust. We're playing catch up now.
Here is an article on the recruiting rule changes a year ago. They moved up official visits to Aug. 1 before Jr. year in their meeting last month when they voted down the third paid coach. FAU Head Coach John McCormick and Ole Miss's Mike Bianco were very involved in the process.
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stor...-rule-changes/