I have defended him before too when others have maligned him, however, it was ridculous to make that comment before our recruiting class was even close to being done. Seriously, When it wasn't even close to being done yet. Chris blew it that day because it now it appears he was way off the mark.
You can say its something like saying UND sucked the last two season, well in the beginning of the season we did, however, we jelled and moved on and ended up third in the nation (if you lose in the opening round of the Frozen Four you considered third) while other teams that were hot early sucked late. It is all part of a process.