Yeah I understand what you're saying. I also think that we've come to trust Matt and his staff with their evaluations of players, just like you and Iowa fans have trusted Kirk's evaluations. Will all of these guys pan out? Not a chance, but there are likely a few that end up being very good. The entirety of the class doesn't have to be detrimental to the success of the program in the future, especially when considering the class in front of it, and whatever the 2022 class ends up being.
We'll all just have to think back in three years and remember what we thought or who we believed were going to be good, and see if they actually panned out. Recruiting is weird. Joseph Scates is the third best recruit in the history of Iowa State, however has yet to play even close to his recruiting ranking, while guys that were rated much much lower are all conference.