We will have to see I guess. Yeah they can play that card... but that will only work the first few years. If they aren't producing result - then that card won't matter.
Tobias choosing Tennessee over Syracuse was big. Bruce had a solid foundation though - and stealing a guy from Syracuse still can't compare to stealing a guy right out of Indiana's/UK's/UNC's/KU's/Duke's nose.
Scotty could have gone anywhere - but not many big schools were recruiting him passionately. UK didn't even bother with him to be honest. And UNC still wasn't after Crews that hard - he was a talented, raw player... but UNC has no need to take guys who can't shoot and are undersized. Duke stole Elliot Williams from us fairly easily.