Underwood successfully recruited 4 players last season (Smith, Vesel, Ebo, Alstork) and all 4 ended their career in disappointment, 3 of them prematurely.
It does not mean that future players will not succeed, but it definitely puts a damper on claims that BU is somehow better in identifying underrated talent and players who fit his system, who will likely overachieve, just because he makes millions of dollars.
For the record, the vast majority of coaches can't do that either, so this is not unique to Underwood. Expecting to outsmart and outsystem the rest of the B1G and other coaches will not happen. We need a very strong 2019 Fall recruiting class. I sound like broken record, but attrition will happen, even with existing players, unlikely that all project recruits will pan out. So we can't go into Spring of 2019 with many recruiting gaps. Fall is the key.