HCMM seems to like his staff, all of which he hired from situations that Hawk or Embo could easily have dipped into. It's more about chemistry, how they complement each other and the HC, and how they can recruit. But most importantly, can they repeat what they've done at SJSU?
None of these guys will make big time recruits jump on board. But we all thought that EB would do that, and it just didn't do much.
Mac will tell people that this is his staff, that he built it, that they've done it before, so come on board.
In the end, the next 3 years are about building something, not about making a splash that will dampen out by midseason of 2013.
He will have some holes in his staff to fill, and he's got the budget. Will be interesting to see how he spends it for sure.