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It's pretty simple. The gun recruits were the 2006-2009 drafts. Reiwoldt, Edwards, Cotchin, Rance, Martin and Grimes across just 4 drafts is exceptional. But that's 15 years ago now.

Add in Prestia traded in and Lynch for free and that's enough guns that you're going to be a good team at the very least.

2010-2017 drafts were hit and miss with a lot of early picks through that period. Enough hits to complement those guns to produce a quality team (Vlastuin, Bolton, Balta and Rioli the best ones). But not enough to replace them. If you'd hit with some of Conca, Lennon, Ellis x2, Coleman-Jones, Higgins (been able to keep him) then you'd still be a good team.

Recruiting since 2018 looks dire. 6 drafts where right now you can't point to anyone likely to even be a good player let alone a star. That 6 year hole is why you're looking at trading out players to fully rebuild the list.