Redhawk wrote:Wufan wrote:[
He's had good not great teams to this point. He's had athletes, some of which had serious talent. I don't know who recruited those guys, but Dana Ford did bring Fred VanVleet to WSU and Teddy Hawkins to ISUr. Did he also bring in McIntosh? Bottom line, can Miller continue to recruit high level players now that Ford is gone? If he can, he's on his way to having a "program".
That's a fair assessment Wufan. Muller's has been rolling with his first recruiting class of Hawkins, McIntosh, Lee, Wills and Lynch for 4 years now. Ford was a big part of that class and the recruits haven't been to that level since he left.
Muller does have two quality transfers and probably the best recruit since that first class in Clarance coming next year. What might make or break his long term success will be the 2018 class where he should have 4-5 open offers to fill.
Throw in the tragic death of Assistant Torrey Ward to this mix as well.
Although Fayne and even Purcell were good JuCo finds..not sure who the lead recruiter was on those two?