Generally, when a new coach is hired the third recruiting class is when things should really get going. The first class is usually an amalgam of the previous coach and the new guy. The second is effected by the first season on the field, good or bad. By year three the new coach is established and has his plan in place. He is starting to show some results with his own guys on the field and hopefully the record is improving.
Purdue’s 2015 recruiting class, Hazell’s third, is entering its third season on campus. These are guys that, if they have not been starters or quality reserves already, should be developing into such players.