Some coaches can't recruit worth a lick. Some coaches can recruit but don't know enough to (as Coach Schexnayder would put it) just get out of the way. At a high profile program such as Arkansas, the expectation is that you WILL recruit top level athletes who can score in the NCAA meet right away. If you can also get that athlete to improve, great, but you must understand that it's a different world in places such as Fayetteville, Baton Rouge, Palo Alto, and Knoxville. Recruiting is a big part of the game. Coach Mac wants scorers and it looks like Coach Brauman is producing in that department. The thought at Arkansas is that if they can get just one or two significant point producers in the sprints and/or jumps then they can win the NCAA title and for 30+ times that has been exactly the case because the distance runners nearly always come through. There is not that much margin for development in the sprints and jumps at that level.
There have been many coaches that got the level of talent that Lance got at Barton County and did nothing with it so he does indeed deserve the accolades given. Give it a try sometime and see what you come up with.
