Whatever you may think of Martin's coaching abilities, beating him for the few recruits that generally come out of St Louis is going to be a very tough task...no matter who is on the staff
Martin is a dynamic recruiter. He will not recruit St. Louis only, he will recruit Illinois, Chicago, and many other places. People who think otherwise live in la-la-land.
What we should do is assemble the best staff of dynamic recruiters to counter and win our fair share recruiting battles, not just against Martin. That is exactly what it seems we are doing.
The other popular approach on message boards that will not work IMO at UI, is to recruit lesser talent and miraculously and consistently develop them to the point that UI consistently competes for B1G titles with lesser talent, at least until you have done that for many years and you are able to recruit players based on reputation and brand.
I am glad we are taking the first approach. Coaching and developing still matters a lot, but we need a significant upgrade in talent. Antigua is a huge step forward, and people need to stop kidding themselves, the big attraction is his recruiting and ability to close the deal with recruits, not his X's and O's wizardry.