[teejers1]

As for Haase, the Okpala DQ has got to hurt.

Am with crowd who still thinks this was a good hire, but is also beginning to get concerned.  Given the numbers involved, hoops recruiting is even more important than it is in football recruiting (though you just have to have a good QB to be competitive).  Dawkins was a pretty good recruiter.  Haase's class looked good on paper initially, but with Okpala out and Davis struggling, that definitely takes some of the shine off the class.  I like Da Silva a lot.  And the Aussie has some moxie (Chris Hernandez, Lite?).

It's the returners who need to show more consistently - and most notably Humphreys, Cartwright, and Sharma.  Travis has been good and Pickens (when healthy) is playing about how you'd expect.

The Cardinal needed the returners to be a notch above last year AND the newcomers to help immediately.  Unfortunately, neither has really happened.  [BTW, I'm not sold on the assembled masses of suits on the bench either.  Maybe I'm getting old and out of touch, but from this angle there appears to be a lack of gravitas AND fire from the assistants - though I cop 100% to this just being an initial take].

[teejers1]

As for Haase, the Okpala DQ has got to hurt.

Am with crowd who still thinks this was a good hire, but is also beginning to get concerned.  Given the numbers involved, hoops recruiting is even more important than it is in football recruiting (though you just have to have a good QB to be competitive).  Dawkins was a pretty good recruiter.  Haase's class looked good on paper initially, but with Okpala out and Davis struggling, that definitely takes some of the shine off the class.  I like Da Silva a lot.  And the Aussie has some moxie (Chris Hernandez, Lite?).

It's the returners who need to show more consistently - and most notably Humphreys, Cartwright, and Sharma.  Travis has been good and Pickens (when healthy) is playing about how you'd expect.

The Cardinal needed the returners to be a notch above last year AND the newcomers to help immediately.  Unfortunately, neither has really happened.  [BTW, I'm not sold on the assembled masses of suits on the bench either.  Maybe I'm getting old and out of touch, but from this angle there appears to be a lack of gravitas AND fire from the assistants - though I cop 100% to this just being an initial take].