False. Twelve of the 21 signees made their commitment after Kill retired, including Kiondre Thomas, Merrick Jackson, Taiyon Devers, Coney Durr, Garrison Wright, Antoine Winfield, Kobe McCrary, Mark Williams, and Donnell Greene - all guys who are starting or have at least seen the field during their second year in the program.
This is patently false. Twenty-one of the 26 signees were brought in by Fleck in the last month before signing day.
Many coaches have their first full recruiting class as their best one, when they can sell excitement, enthusiasm, playing time, and being part of a "new era." I'm impressed with the offer lists of some of the recruits, and that we're getting some out-of-state guys that we don't typically get. Nonetheless, I'm not impressed that we will end the year ranked in the 40s nationally, a very mild improvement over a typical Kill/Claeys class. This is especially the case when one of the cited reasons for firing Claeys was his recruiting and Fleck is supposed to be a transcendent recruiter.
12 of the signings may have come after Kill left, but I'm guessing the majority were recruited under his regime. I even remember a lot of discussion around the Claeys hiring being that they didnt want to lose ground in recruiting. Basically, he mopped up the guys Kill had lined up...theres not a problem in doing that BTW.
21 of 26 guys were recruited in a month to fill out a class, and you are using that as a detriment to his recruiting abilities by bringing up his recruiting points compared to Claey's?! He had one month to salvage a class that had so few committed.