It wasnt MR who is enamored the the skill position recruits it was us the fans. He did sign 4 stars Barnett, Rairdon, and Farniok. And he reccruited many batter lineman pretty hard.
It is like he listened to too many voices, and tried to manage everything instead of coaching. He brought in too many coaches he wasnt familiar with and I wonder if they all got along real well, did they all share the same concepts? Diaco was a disaster that was ultimately the back breaker.