Welp, there you have it. Down 6 from the class including our only 5 star and three 4 stars. Anyway you spin it, that's pretty disappointing. Sad thing is, I'm not sure Mullen had much a choice but to roll the dice. Until we get our act together on facilities and beef up the support staff, we'll probably see more of the same. If we can keep backfilling with talented transfers, we might be able to bridge the gap. Its a tall order, but it seems Mullen gets it. Sure hope he can pull it off.
Great post. It's a difficult combination of perception based on the last decade, facility and budgeting mistakes, and Mullen's cast simply not being lights out recruiters across the board. A and B aren't his fault. Hopefully he's recognizing how critical C is, especially given the other circumstances.
Also agree on rolling some dice at this stage. We've all ranted about the status of the roster he inherited. He's trying to build it back anyway he can, and has found some success in the portal. But yeah, we have to be better at rolling those dice, and as itraz said, we can't place all our eggs in one basket at any position.
As for Henderson specifically, personally, I don't care other than the it being yet another ding to our class. He wasn't a critical have, and frankly never felt like it was supposed to be. The commitment came out of nowhere and was sort of a "Oh, wow, ok" type commitments that we thought was certainly headed elsewhere. The moment there was any glitch, I felt that one was over. And as much as some insist on reranking classes, the reality is with the portal being what it is, some of these kids are going to leave at some point before the 4 years is up. Guys like Wells and others like him are the exception. So whether it's now or later, we're going to have attrition. It's just worse because of the amount of defections and the fact that so many didn't even make it on campus.
And just to end on an old-guy, "lawn" rant, I really wish these kids would spend less time committing, de-committing, trolling on twitter(for or against us) and getting tatted up...and more time making sure they'll actually qualify for college entrance. It's pretty ridiculous.
