Can't blame the recruitment philosophy in the current environment. The important argument for developing players at the low-mid DI level is figuring out how to structure agreements with them for recouping some of the cost of that development. Like 10% per year of development of their first year of NIL income. This would have to be an NCAA wide practice though, you can't be the only program doing that.

If the current environment doesn't change much, I still think the only way for success is to instill a defensive minded philosophy and recruit a lot guys who are defense first including a couple point guard types. Sprinkle in 2-3 guys who can shoot over zones and/or create off the dribble. Thinking out loud about how to structure a program like ours that would keep half the non seniors around for at least one more year, while the replacement pieces are the more offensive minded guys who you assume 2 out of 3 will move on every year.

First thing LB coaches need to do is recruit better defenders and rebounders and focus early training on these areas. We've been garbage in these areas under Acker.