At GW, recruiting strategies have often been easily defined.  The Jarvis era was the first to truly capitalize on the international market.  The Penders era placed  a premium on those who could score even if that meant sacrificing some defense.  The Hobbs era found several players arrive from questionable prep schools, players who were eligible to play according to the NCAA but who would eventually lack support from the university's administration (based on primarily NYT and WP articles).  The Lonergan era combined a desire to cultivate local talent with an ability to fill needs with underutilized players from major programs. 

If we were to define the JC era in a single word right now, that word would have to be transfers.  Transfers have not only replaced players who played under MoJo but they have also begun to replace players who JC and his staff recruited to GW.    While there is a natural tendency for a new coach to want his own recruits rather than someone else's in his program, there are two unique factors, one temporary and one permanent, which have served to facilitate this wave of transfers.  The temporary factor is that everyone who played last season did not lose a season of eligibility due to Covid.  This was also the case the year prior due to the cancellation of the NCAA tournament and most conference tournaments.  The permanent factor is that it appears that players will no longer have to sit out a year after transferring (unless the transfer is not their first).  To the player, this translates to any penalty due to transferring has been lifted.  

If I've counted correctly, Noel Brown is the only scholarship player on the roster who is not an incoming freshman or who did not transfer into the program.  8 of 9 scholarship players who are not incoming freshmen have transferred in (or 9 of 10 if Brandon Leftwich is still on the team and is on scholarship).  Of these 8 players, four are arriving for this season, three arrived for 2020-21, and only Amir Harris arrived prior to then.   

It's also worth pointing out that the sport has seen it's share of paradigm shifts over the time.  When I was growing up, teams needed to stay together for four years in order to learn how to win.  Eventually, players were allowed to leave school early so having Michael Jordan on UNC for three years was arguably worth more than almost any other player staying for four years.  Over time, it made a statement to play in college for one year and then turn pro, so many schools began to embrace the one-and-done.  John Calipari and eventually, Coach K turned this into a cottage industry.

So with the transfer market becoming as vibrant as ever before, where does JC fit into this picture?  Was his plan to restock over these past two years to get the program back on track, only to ultimately shift back to taking in occasional transfer, relying more heavily on incoming high school players?  Or, will he be perhaps on the cusp of the sport's latest shift, bringing in say 3-4 transfers each season, largely due to new player freedom when transferring, and thereby becoming less reliant on bringing in incoming freshmen?

It's worth pointing out that I do not see this as an extreme, one or the other situation.  In other words, I do not foresee JC abandoning all transfers or all high school players from here on in.  The better way to address this question is to ask which you feel he will become more reliant upon, transfers or high school players.