Bad Gopher
A Loner, A Rebel
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...recruiting is much tougher that fans can imagine...
I really appreciate your perspective, but I've been waiting for someone to come with the, we need to feel sorry for Pitino because his job is hard. The next stage of that will be, you can't expect anyone to be able to get the really good players to come to the U.
I realize it's only five years in, but at this moment in time Richard is the only head coach going back to before Musselman (excluding interim coaches) who hasn't snagged a five star-caliber or McDonalds All-American recruit. And this in an era of an unprecedented number of that caliber of player being developed locally. And Pitino being someone who was hired in spite of his inexperience due to a belief that he'd be a whiz bang recruiter and get one of the number of anticipated local 5-stars to enroll here.
So yes, recruiting is hard - whether you're talking about high schoolers or transfers - but that's why he and his peers make the big bucks. The weather - which has only gotten warmer since before Muss - is the lamest of excuses, and anyone making it should be made to go spend a summer at UT-Austin and see how they like it.