I hate this argument, because it can only be made by people who pay no attention: Beilein has essentially had 1 real class. In his first year, he had 1 month to sign anybody - he was hired in April, and Signing Day rolls around in May. He grabbed 3 players last minutes - Douglass and Novak, who he stole from Valpo, and Ben Cronin. Last year, in his first real recruiting class, he signed a top 100 prospect - Darius Morris, and at least one more well-thought of kid in Matt Vogrich. He beat out a number of Pac-10, Big East, and ACC schools for Vogrich and McLimans. The fact that these kids haven't saved the team yet is hardly surprising - they are FRESHMEN, and not every freshmen is immediately succesful. For an example, look at DeShawn Sims. Next year, he has another top-100 recruit signed (Smotrycz is #54 in the nation), and a solid shot at a second (#22 Trey Ziegler). In the following year's class, he already has a top 100 player signed (Brundidge). The simple fact is that Michigan's program was demolished by several years of horrendous Amaker recruitin - In Amaker's 4 final classes (2004-2007), he brought in 11 players, and only 3 would become starters (Harris, Sims, Udoh), and one of those would quickly transfer. Ron Coleman? Kendric Price? Jevohn Shepard? Reed Baker? K'Len Morris? Anthony Wright? I mean...that's why Douglass and Novak are starting today, it's why we have no depth.