For that happen, he’s going to have to start bringing in recruiting classes that are at least ranked in the top 20 almost on a yearly basis, because it’s not going to happen by waiving a magic wand and wishing it to come true. If you want to believe that this program is going to become a consistent winner, it must be based on something tangible and not just on hopes and prayers.
Until Rhoades hopefully starts recruiting the necessary talent, I’d like to see this team establish an identity similar to the Pistons Bad Boys teams. I mean, you know right now that you’re going to lose almost every Big 10 conference road game and even a lot of the home games while being on the short end of most calls, so start playing like Rick Mahorn and Bill Laimbeer, which means no layups without paying the price; try to become the villains and intimidators. Who cares right now about fouls because it doesn’t mean that much. Then, after hopefully they get some better players like the Pistons eventually did, you’d have the best of both worlds.