"I was hopeful that all four signees would end up coming to our school, but on the flip side, it usually doesn't happen that way, let's be honest," he said, adding "not anything that's happened to this point has caught me off guard."
FWIW:
He basically has to say he wanted the recruits to stay. Coach speak.
I'm almost certain CDT didn't want all these recruits to stay. I am beginning to wonder if he wanted any of them. Looks like he has a plan that is better than what Martin left him next few weeks will answer that question.