When Jaylon Tate committed, there was an interview where he mentioned that the staff was done recruiting point guards for the foreseeable future due to his commitment. This is unrelated to what's being discussed, but still a little relevant in that we can't always trust what is being said when it comes to recruiting. Coaches use coach speak when they're recruiting just as much as they use it when talking to the media. I have no doubt that Tate was told this at some point or at the very least led to believe that it was true.
I don't think there's an extreme example like that with Underwood, but fans still struggle to decipher coach speak. So far, Underwood has said that he doesn't worry about rankings, yet our first few months of recruiting is spent on top ranked targets. Underwood has also said that he's not to worried about the frontcourt, but he's also made comments about wanting recruits that are taller than him. We're never going to outright hear a coach say that they're panicking about getting some B1G caliber bigs because it'll hurt the morale of the second tier bigs that we are able to get. The good news is that we have visits with a lot of good bigs coming up, but S&C brings up a good point in that we aren't favored for any of those guys. We aren't in panic mode just yet, but if we miss out on all of those guys and have to recruit some plan B guys in the spring, Underwood will be in trouble whether he acknowledges it or not.
