It comes down to the individuals. Everyone agreed that Larson and Brust were #1 and #2 in terms of our best incoming recruits. Larson is a top 95 RSCI recruit,so virtually every hawk fan was happy with his signing. Brust was a top 150 recruit,so most fans were pleased with his signing.
And yes, at this point,if you read anything about the schools that are jumping in on these guys,virtually every single one of them has lost a player to transfer or the NBA,so of course they are fishing for the best of the remaining recruits out there.
This is Licks 4th class, and clearly his best,since arriving at iowa. Iowa has had the worst three year record in the programs history, so either his recruits were not good enough or his coaching and leadership was not good enough...which is it? Unless of course you think that a 38-58 record is acceptable for Iowa bb.