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(06-12-2019 09:48 AM)Lush Wrote:  

(06-12-2019 07:35 AM)RealDeal Wrote:  It's early but Brannen is starting to feel like Fickel. Really excited with the early returns.

he's pulling in mick level recruits thus far. still too early to tell

Mick obviously brought in some talent. I think the main problem with his recruiting was:

A - Too many projects
B - Afraid to go after top 100 recruits

If you look at his recruiting from 2014-17 including transfers, it's a pretty nice 4-year cycle

Gary Clark
Jarron Cumberland
Jacob Evans
Kyle Washington
Justin Jenifer
Brendon Broome
Tre Scott
Nysier Brooks
Farad Cobb
Keith Williams

We won a lot of games with those guys. The thing is, we need to bring in a Clark, Cumberland, or Evans every single recruiting cycle if we are going to compete for championships. And Mick missed on way too many big man projects as well. We need big guys with skills, which I think Brannen will address over time.