much "closer" to remarkable, than just good...could it be better, sure, but we weren't going to bring in much more talent than what they did with what was happening on the field.
Now, if Kelly keeps stacking 10+ win seasons on top of each other then our talent will likely spike to where it looks like past recruiting was average, but its all relative...kids wanna play where they know they will win a bunch of games. Win a bunch of games and an equal recruiting effort will yield more fruits.