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It's a 1 and done. Unless it's a Zion level talent, you aren't going to affect much as a coach. Keep in mind, a guy like Lonnie spent a lot of his first year injured and having issues fitting with Bruce Brown, who stayed 2 years. I love how you forget what happened over the last couple of...

He didn't develop Wong and McGusty? Guys like Tonye Jekiri, Julian Gamble and Kenny Kadji didn't blossom under L. He didn't develop McClellan? People act like every transfer coming in is a finished product. He values experience over sheer talent, mostly because of his coaching style. By the way...

According to ESPN, Miami got 2 top 100 guys. You act like Miami should be expecting to get 5 elite guys per year. Going by the ESPN rankings, Miami got a decent share, especially when you look at how other schools did. Duke, UNC, Kansas and Kentucky combined to sign 14 top 100 guys by...

There are 350 schools playing D1 basketball, Miami has an incoming recruiting class ranked in the top 6%. No, it isn't the best class Miami has ever landed, but it's **** good, worthy of being noted. If "Historically good" is your standard for being something to write home about, then you have...

Nothing to brag about? It was a top 20 class, NATIONALLY. It's not like Miami is some basketball blue blood where you get a top 10 class by merely showing up. Never mind the fact that before Ruiz, L was recruiting against programs that could do things for guys, and he couldn't. People forget...

Miami has ALWAYS recruited well in that area. Ham and Clark did well there, it dropped under Haith, who emphasized the Carolinas instead. That said, any high end coach would be able to sell Miami to those kids and they have always been responsive to the Miami sales pitch.