+1 to all of this
Ditto! The BIG is down and we still can't finish in the top 5? For those that feel recruiting has improved since Doc was fired, I just don't see it. Miles should be given credit getting some good transfers, mainly Petteway 2-3 years ago. IMO he was the main reason we made the NCAA tournament, but he was also responsible for us not playing as a team at times. All that is in the past and I don't see us getting much better.
He's still got lots of work to do, but while in previous years where his best players were transfers, this year I'd say is his best year year of freshman recruits, as a foundation for the future.
You'd have to say that thus far Tai Webster was his best freshman recruit. But now we're starting to bring in some better freshman, along with continuing to also recruit good transfers. This seems to the recipe he's going off. I'm worried that this year might hurt future recruiting, but I gotta think that if we can land "that guy we're currently trying to get," next year momentum will really start to pickup.