Well, not only that stuff, but losing Jamar Smith (now a fringe NBA player), losing Quentin Watkins around the same time, having Demitri McCamey being just good enough (and a 3.5 year starter) to dissuade other PG prospects from coming. Our backcourt was a mess for a while.
we have a pretty similar story here. we lost beasley and walker after just a year apiece, which put us off track from the start. then our top recruit, wally judge (now a one-footed jumper in new jersey) left, and we lost sutton, asprilla and russell at about the same time. finally, we had jacob pullen sitting in the backcourt for four years, so obviously pg recruiting was a no go. you know the rest of the story, our coach signed three straight top 10 classes, didn't make the tourney 3 out of his last 5 years and lost something Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) like 13 or 15 or whatever of his last 20 games with those recruits, so we fired him and hired your coach. poor devil never had a chance.