We are not going to out-SC or out/UCONN or out-LSU day 1 by beating them for players that definitely FIT there schemes and may not fit ours. There will surely be some crossovers, but lots of really good players cannot or will not want to sign on to a high octane on both ends of the floor game plan.
Just being high on their boards does not mean they should be high on ours. It is possible we could transition, after some success, to schemes making more come into play as we close ground. Mears had an exact opposite plan on arrival and migrated to faster play when we had something to sell the King’s and Grunfelds. Just part of having to climb up the legitimate player interest ladder. Landing some Uber athletic tweeners that can see higher potential personal success due to these schemes IS the going in plan. So far so good from where I sit. Like one OR two more.