You said it right there. "For a month". That's how long a staff gets these days apparently before you give up on their recruiting efforts.
Your argument makes sense if were discussing high school recruits—we all get that takes some time—but we are talking about grad transfers and those recruits have less competition, tend to rush their decisions, and entered the transfer portal around the time of Anderson’s hire or after.
Anderson’s replacement is doing fine. Matt A is doing fine in freaking Lincoln, Nebraska.
The only person I have even a sliver of trust in in the recruiting trail is DeMeo.
We literally started recruiting some no name when his coach tweeted he was still available. That is just bizarre. This is the worst class in my lifetime.