i think the biggest thing is volume of high-quality recruits
Posted on: April 25, 2024 at 14:10:07 CT
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pinkel didn't get many 4-star guys, but the ones he got panned out and he had a ton of luck / skill developing under-the-radar recruits.
odom got a handful of guys who turned out to be great, but his problem was he just didn't get nearly enough of them. a handful of stars doesn't really translate to a winning program.
drink SEEMS to be getting a higher quantity of higher-quality recruits, but a lot of those guys haven't panned out. hopefully those were just covid-era anomalies and that's behind us. but either way he's getting a higher quantity so that kind of covers for his misses.
the importance of the transfer portal can't be overstated either. he's been pretty adept at filling holes with high-quality replacements and several of those have been great.