Last year we were a decent PG away from being, at least, an NIT team. I'd contend that a decent PG and Jamie Dixon gets them into the NCAAT. For the 2016 recruiting class he re-signed them and added nothing, despite being a sitting HC recruiting that class at the same level at his previous job, and then adding 4 recruits in the 2017 class at a date after he was hired in 2016. Lots of other schools with coaching changes add recruits at those times, including several ACC programs who saw instant impacts of those players in 2016. He then kicked all those 2016 recruits out. How is that Dixon's fault?
He ran Cam off. How is that Dixon's fault?
He lost his #1 or 2 2017 recruit because he ran off his buddy. How is that Dixon's fault?
He added some just unbelievably bottom of the barrel recruits for 2017. How is that Dixon's fault?
The 2018 recruiting class looks like it will at best be bottom 4 in the ACC. How is that Dixon's fault?
So I would say Stallings inherited an NIT team with the potential to be an NCAAT, but need an influx of 2016 and 2017 talent through a down 2017 year. Make the NIT last year, develop recruits from 2016, and not lose your best returning player and I think the mood would be very different before the very bad 2017 class.
GT got Justin Moore in June of 2016. If we had him last year to play PG we are a much, much better team and if we had him and Aaron Thompson this season with Cam Johnson we are looking much, much better. However, Stallings didn't add anything and he threw everything from 2016 away, plus ran off Johnson and eventually Thompson. He has done everything wrong.