during those Jimmer years — but to get such a well-balanced haul from that recruiting base as well.

Cuz given the way Rose recruited, he wasn't gonna go out & find the balance in other places if it hadn't been lying right in front of him.

I say this as very much a coach Rose fan. The way he recruited unfortunately was more in lines with BYU status quo than it was a drop-off from standards. While Cleveland had started off dipping into the Fresno recruiting base he was familiar with, by the end of his tenure, too many bad HC experiences kept them from going there all that often.