If you can cite for me a time in the past 20 years where recruiting wonks cited the superior activity of ND coaches, I'll give you a ten-spot. If you read ND Hoops Recruits at all, one of the consistent laments by the author is after a bunch of coaches show up for some game for a prized recruit that ND has offered and Brey and his staff are absent.
The reality is that this program is in for even more lean years, given what has happened with an 0-fer class, missing on important recruits and a sophomore class that was simply overrated. Honestly, this has the feeling of the mid-90s teams: overmatched, unathletic and having to settle for marginal recruits or recruits with holes in their games that need work.