Once again, you do realize that IU had only two open scholarships last fall. Instead of oversigning with below marginal talent (Gelon, Priller, April), Archie gained commitments from two players prior to their high school season openers. The players were McDAA TJD and 4 star shooting guard AFranklin. Both very solid recruits from the state of Indiana. Everyone on this board was thrilled with these commitments, as it was the opposite of what Crean had been doing. Both were B1G level recruits from instate, no reaches, and no oversigning.
When Forrester and Moore left in the second week of April, Archie upgraded Moore with a 4star red shirt instate junior in Joey Brunk. Archie missed on KBrooks, which hurt and was/is recruiting a shooter for next season. It has only been a month that these scholarships became open, and there is plenty of time to fill one or two of the spots.
One thing Archie won't do, which I applaud, is waste a scholarship on a player that is not potentially good enough to help IU. Crean consistently oversigned, combined with accepting players that could not help us. Archie is cleaning up that mess. Not all players work out, as every team has transfers. But IUs transfers went to LaSalle and Temple, both high mid major programs, where Crean's players went to the State Fair Community College Fightin' Corn Dogs (Gelon), or nowhere at all (April), or took up a scholarship for 4 years with no help(Priller). Crean's oversigning limited IU when players became available in the spring, as IU was consistently in an oversign position and concerned with making players transfer, rather than recruiting talent. Archie is bringing in players with talent to contribute at a B1G level, rather than throwing out/away scholarships to satisfy panicked fans.
Archie is building a program. RobP, RaceT, JHunter, DAnderson, TJD and AFranklin are cornerstones of this plan. All are upper level B1G players, potentially. IU will continue to build on this, in Archie's third recruiting class, with 4 year talents such as Leal, Galloway and Cross and others. I like his plan.
