Originally Posted by FlyerGuyer
The question is: Why?
Hayward and Howard, for instance, were recruited when Butler was in the Horizon League. Literally Wright State’s conference...
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Matt Howard was a rivals 150 guy. He was their lone (to my knowledge) highly rated recruit in the Horizon era.
Hayward and Shelvin Mack (played in the NBA) were under the radar guys. Murray State had two high first round picks recently in Cameron Payne and Isaiah Canaan.
Recruiting at Dayton's level and below is a lot about being able to evaluate and project how guys will develop. That's the bread and butter of guys that win in the one bid leagues.
Brian Gregory spent his whole career at Northwestern and Michigan State. He put a premium on getting guys with athletic ability at the expense of other skills. That and refusing to get transfers/JUCO guys at the start of his career I don't think he knew how to build a program at Dayton's level