Here's a slew of thoughts: I worry a little for Higgs and Kane having missed summer camp with the team; but I don't doubt their talent. Excited to see the whole team together and practicing.
Recruiting losses will always hurt, but losing guys like Whitney and Shannon don't sting as much knowing we have a resurgent DMW for three more years, and get to see how Jones and Griffin develop. We are really deep at wing and guard. Maybe a lot of us don't realize that just yet. Shouldn't be surprised to lose out more often than not.
Gotta do whatever it takes (legally) to get two or three of our big targets to come. I'd take another wing as well. Two of Liddell, Cockburn, Tshiebwe, Timme, Tre Mitchell, Nnaji, and get Guerrier to buy in and we are pretty much rebuilt. Just need time to develop the young team. But given how recruiting went down for 2018 and so far for 2019, there's a bigger chance than not that most of the commits will be kids that few if any of us know about currently.
Experiences guards will make inexperienced bigs that much better.