"I don't care about the star, there's plenty of talent that they haven't developed." That's a brilliant argument. Yes, according to the southernfriedcougar rankings we are loaded.
The people who get paid to evaluate talent put our overall talent as very average. And yes, we have had VERY little in the way of ELITE talent. From what I have seen, this is absolutely true. Now take our average talent and send 75% on missions. Do missions help with development?
What Bronco has done is take the average RM talent we get and win nearly 70 percent of his games including having a nearly .500 record vs. teams that significantly outrecruit us. That would suggest to me that he is better at developing talent that what he has been given credit for.