I agree that OA is an excellent recruiter, but we all need to keep in mind that in OA’s three years as a head coach, in which he was also recruiting his records were:Totally agree that there are many factors that drive a recruit's decision, but relationships are huge, and I believe OA was the deciding factor for these players. Now even though those were all good players for us (obviously will have to wait and see with Melendez) I wouldn't expect OA to be perfect in his recruiting, and I'm assuming this and possibly the fact that he just may not be cut out to be a head coach is why he failed at USF.
2014-2015 9-23
2015-2016 8-25
2016-2017. 6-7
I think there is more attracting players to UI than just OA such as BU, playing in the Big Ten, and UI itself.