It was suppose to say mind, but yes I'll explain what I see so far. This can change quickly once games play, but I see Ben and this staff finding guys who are able and willing to defend. Any article I read about potential recruits mentions their defense. I see them also finding and working on pieces that fit together. I don't think we will see classes that have Konate and Gaston, or Dupree, Jarvis Johnson, and Kevin Dorsey. I am seeing us focusing on Payne as a 5 who will be the bruiser, then looking for 4's who can pick and pop and space the floor (Wolf, Jasen Green). I see them chasing point guards who are nasty and tough (Tre, The Braumbaugh kid, and Pierre kid). All the other guards/wings I see us pursuing the hardest can shoot. I see our offense having better spacing and ball movement because the pieces will meld together better.
Lastly, I know that this staff is going to be about relationships and will build them genuinely and early. It's hurting us now, but I don't think we will ever see them without recruits in November like we did in the past regime. This is something that needs to be done to win here. I look at Purdue and Wisconsin as in conference and Virginia as non conference models of how we can and should build. Those programs all defend and identify talent early. They don't get many if any McDonalds AA kids, but they get 3-4 year developmental kids. I don't see us being able to follow a model of quick success like an Alabama or Arkansas for a variety of reasons. It will need to be built from the foundation and anyone who has built a house knows the dirt and block work is boring and slow, but the most important.
