I agree that recruiting is key, but c'mon, we've never had a Top 20 recruiting class. Other than the recruiting class of 2012 that featured Scott and XJ, we have recruited under the radar players. In that time, Boyle has kept the team competitive and in the upper echelon of the Pac-12 for the most part. Recruiting Spencer, Booker and Roberson we're great recruiting finds for Boyle and his staff. Boyle will find more gems guaranteed (ahem, watch out for Cameron Satterwhite).
Recruiting insight for everyone, listen up:
Of course, the right direction would be for CU to land some blue chippers. Unfortunately, at this point in time, blue chippers don't want to play in Boulder. So with that said, the right direction for CU is to continue to look for under the radar talent (especially in TX and CA), add a transfer here and there, then bring in some international stars that want to play college ball in the U.S. This is currently the blueprint for Colorado basketball..., Until we can land some bigger fish. Once we start landing some Top 50 talent, CU will start looking more like the Gonzaga model, in the recruiting sense, I'm hoping, praying...
And everyone, please stop giving Abatemarco so much freaking credit!!! His most noteworthy recruits for Colorado were Donnie Boyce, Alec Burks and Andre Roberson. It's not like he was here bringing in 4 and 5 star blue chips from the East Coast. If the definition of a great recruiter is to bring in a 2-3 star player with potential and then let the coaching staff develop the player, then I guess Coach A was awesome.