It's been brought up, but most of Steve's recruits have either left early because they were good enough to or told they were good enough to, or they have left because they were not good enough. There is no problem with having great recruits but if your role guys are not Big 12 caliber, you're not going to succeed. They're either going to stay here and we won't be good, or they're going to transfer elsewhere.This is mindblowing honestly. I know there is no reason to keep beating up Prohm but is it just misses in recruiting? Or is about not developing? I don't think he's terrible at player development but it seems like he does much better with transfers, veteran guys than he does developing freshmen. Not trying to downplay guys like LW or THT bc he deserves credit for them but they were probably going to be pro's no matter what. Tyrese is obviously a nod to his strengths in both areas but its seems like all 3 are kind of the exception more than the rule. It's still more likely, a HS recruit of his won't make it here than go pro or even finish their eligibility at ISU.
Maybe the new class and the new transfers will fit well with one another but I think that's only going to happen if Steve can land Big 12 ready guys, which are going to be hard to come by. It seems as though Steve has gotten in early on a couple of them, which is promising, but doesn't mean we're going to end up with them.