#1 Frank Beamers possible retirement - created downward spiral in recruiting years before Fuente started.
#2 Frank Beamers retirement - Announcement of retiring hurt recruiting even more.
#3 New Head Coach Fuente and staffing. - Typically new staff changes negatively affect recruiting.
#4 Bud Foster possible retirement - hurt defensive recruiting.
#5 Bud Foster retirement - Announcement of retiring hurt recruiting even more.

So the damage is done, but with Fuente rebuilding team from scratch, we start moving up from here.