I don’t necessarily think the cupboard was empty, there were definitely some international and JuCo whiffs by Jones (but one BIG find in Rebraca). There were a few guys that I think were good scheme fits for Jones’s more fast paced system , that weren’t great fits for Sather’s play solid defense, slower paced, heavy ball screen approach. Moody and Hazekamp I think were great scheme fits for Jones. We all know what moody could do offensively, and Hazekamp had a solid true freshman year to build off of under Jones but was redshirted by Sather (he now starts and plays heavy minutes for a highly ranked D2 team coached by former Jones asst. Jeff Horner, who I assume has a similar system to Jones).So I guess my opinion is that the cupboard wasn’t empty, just empty of guys that were good fits for Sather. And he has certainly seemed to find good fits quickly.
