Before we do much winning around here, the culture needs to change. Take a look at K-State, Baylor, and even moreso, Oklahoma State. They don't have better recruiting rankings than we do. K-State hasn't recruited anything like we have. They just seem to have everyone pulling in the same direction trying to win football games. WAY less drama, way less weird stuff going on, both on and off the field. No cryptic twitter and IG posts that I know of, no bizarre substitution patterns that nobody understands. It seems to be all about football, and trying to win.
I don't know where it went wrong but it seems like the "better" the players we've landed, the more jacked up things have gotten. So to your point, I don't really care about recruiting rankings or making sure some guys stay, etc. because until we get back to some semblance of a winning culture, it won't matter. It's not fantasy football. Hokey sounding, but true IMO.