Hoke couldn't regularly get the top 75 overall types to visit Ann Arbor, not that I see JH doing a much better job (so far).
The following season he landed 4. The visits I sort of recall include Kendall Fuller, Vanderdoes, Treadwell (all top 20 players). Not sure if Jaylon Smith ever visited, but that wouldn't surprise me if he at least visited AA from Indiana. Anzalone, Pocic and Ty Isaac visited.
Hoke never had a problem recruiting in a macro sense. He was actually very good at it. His recruiting problems were narrowly limited to outside talent. His problem was obviously after they arrive on campus. So, I really don't the get the totally daft slamming of Hoke's recruiting.
There are a lot of talented kids on the roster that have, unfortunately (or unfortunately), suffered from relatively poor coaching -- some more than others depending on position. The same group of kids under a good staff should be much further along. Hoke, in effect, managed to take 4* HS talent and reduce it to 2.5* CFB talent. JH is sorting through the lost causes and trying to find the 2.5* kids he can reclaim
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