In recruiting you should immediately be trying to recruit a better player than the one that just stepped on campus. Tell the kid ya we have so and so at these positions but you'll be given a chance to take their job. If you play better you will. The article is very disappointing. It seems he's going through the motions.
two maybe three programs can recruit over existing players and get away with it. Duke UK and perhaps Kansas.
You absolutely try to continue to bring in good players. You may target a different position heavily but you should never say, well I think we’re okay at this spot so I’ll target a lesser player as the replacement or guy off the bench. This is how you establish shitty depth and find yourself screwed when injuries occur. It’s also how you allow some individuals to get comfortable and lose drive because they are not being pushed. My college position coach told us, we are trying to bring someone better than you are in every year. Prove us wrong.
If that's the case, you should always be recruiting guys that are willing to sit for a year or two and develop. Sure, you swing for the fences each year and try to get elite talent that can contribute right away, but there's no excuse for having an empty class.
You can't have it both ways where you say "hey, I have no playing time to offer" and then complain that you have to play younger guys. For whatever reason he's gotten away from having the Russell Carter/Jack Cooley/Matt Farrell types that come in and wait their turn.
And he wants to get to 25 years for financial reasons.
Both options are disturbing for different reasons. Brey's focus on how his retirement benefits sound like someone who has mentally checked out. If his recruiting efforts historically have been energized, I would hate to see what non-energized classes would have looked like.
Was hoping for more clarity on the direction of the program at the end of the season but looks like we will spend a few more years in purgatory.
songs from the Talking Heads. Sad to say, I have to agree about your assessment of the article. I am a big fan of Brey, but he needs to step up recruiting and get some energy back into the program. That said, I am bullish on the 2018 class taking another step forward in 2020-21...it was incredibly painful to watch them clank shot after shot as freshmen--infected the whole team. This past year was much better with signs of hope.
Road to Nowhere
Which was my favorite of theirs
and has become a favorite of my now 23 year old daughter. She enjoys cover versions of This Must Be The Place.
Psycho Killer
Flippy Floppy. Here is a unique take on it by David Byrne without the rest of the Talking Heads unfortunately, but arguably cooks more than the original version: