Recruiting has become a complete joke.
Top-20 players are going to D-2, even though they are recruited (and higher on the players' lists) by D-1.
Coaches sign top players, then leave the team; too late for anybody else to take the team.
Recruiting makes about as much sense as pulling players from a bag.

a few things.

that 3 star probably isnt good for d1 considernig the only people on it were 3 less than stellar d1 coaches so its more of the bad recruit gen issue.

and coaches leave teams in real life if they plan to leave are they purposely not supposed to recruit to leave nice recruits for you lol.

and no offense but looking at your track record while i agree recruiting has a lot of issues its also just kinda a skill issue in your case. tark sec is one of the worst power conferences in any world and youve missed the NT 10+ seasons.

probably want to ask for help from some mentors that have a lot of d1 expereience instead of blaming the game (again lot of issues) when this doesnt come across as an issue related to the game just your own ability

https://discord.gg/nNknzbfk

most people are on discord and thats where you are going to find the help you need