Texas Tech had been recruiting buddies with the Campbell Camels, or a six commit Washington state class. Ranked sub-80 in the national rankings under Wells, Tech looked like they were going to continue a long stretch of high school recruit futility. I will note, had Wells been retained Tech likely would have continued just hammering the transfer market.
But the obvious flaw in this strategy is you never have enough talent on the bench to build a steady winning program. Every year is a rebuild year and you don’t generate much buzz in high school ranks because you aren’t putting the effort in to get those kids excited.