mrjames
Professor
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Loc: Montclair, NJ
Reg: 11-21-04
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03-24-17 05:52 PM - Post#228102
In response to Tiger69
What really happened was a perfect storm of assistants leaving and some snags with top target recruits that really hit Harvard's recruiting hard in the 2013 and 2014 classes. The recent stability in key recruiting positions has gotten recruiting back on track, but missing on two consecutive classes has to work itself out of the system. Assuming the stability stays, 2018 should be another deep, talented class.
The other thing that can't be understated is how good Princeton and Yale have been recently. It's hard to look dominant over another Top 50 team, no matter how good you are. My presumption is those that believed Harvard would run away from the rest of the league weren't counting on how good the rest of the league would become.
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