It's gotten slightly better. Significantly? No. Going from an .83 average to an .85 average (rough estimate), from 50-60 nationally to 40-50 nationally, isn't "significant," in my book.
I still contend he got extremely lucky with the OLs from IMG, which are inflating things. That was a once in a lifetime, coincidental, 7 degrees of Kevin Bacon type of deal, that only happened because of Annexstad. Who, by the way Fleck, wouldn't even offer a scholarship, but chose to walk on out of the goodness of his heart. What does that class look like if Annexstad decides he wants that Pitt scholarship? Fleck was basically handed a freebie there (more like three freebies). So, you can pluck Coughlin from the population, but why not adjust Fleck's classes for anomalies?
I know the 2019 class isn't done yet, but as of right now we're dead last in the B1G in average composite ranking per recruit....and it's not even close. He's whiffing big time on recruits he's pouring a ton of resources into (Carroll, Duggan, Mertz, probably Hank and Benhart), which really hurts because you can't make up for lost time with others. I think we're seeing Exhibit A as to why the previous regime chose to focus resources on more realistic targets (not arguing the merit of the strategy, just observation).
IMO, things aren't looking as rosy as the Fleckites like to lead on. I'm not alarmed in any way, and this is even a little better than I expected to this point.....but we were promised much more. Trumping things up by saying things are light-years better is being very misleading.
