Not true at all. Recruits care about location, team chemistry, electric home dual atmosphere, scholarship money, NIL money, education and degree program, history, opportunity, trajectory, conference schedule. There are only so many Bo Bassetts and if you think it’s all about the top 2 or 3 recruits, good luck. Penn state had 2.5x more points than we did. That’s not even competitive. So if that’s the only bench marker, what a complete failureWrong. We all know the dual season is devalued and not a priority throughout the sport right now. The focus literally is all on being at peak performance in March. Also, how you perform in March is the benchmark that recruits are watching guaranteed. A team trophy, regardless of ability to compete with Penn State, has significantly more value than any individual dual.
I don't necessarily like it or think it should be that way, but that is undoubtedly the way that it is.