Perhaps we need to step back a minute and look at D3 in a different light. 3.0 was always "stated" as a new platform, and seble never hid the fact that the entire recruit generation process was being changed (updated).
I have never been good at math, but it stands to reason that Good Coaches will continue to create the "best possible teams" possible with the pool of talent they are drawing from. Yes, I have a current team in D3 (under my old tem316 username because I used that account in beta, and they gave me free season), and oh hell yes the pool of recruits is AWFUL. But in a vacuum, you still have superior players within that body who have potential to grow and develope. These first few cycles at 3.0 will do one of three things to D3:
1) Chase people away.
2) Chase old long time Coaches to D1 and D2 levels.
3) Lower the overall quality of the level as compared to higher divisions, but provide for a good experience to those players within D3. My original post was to point out that SOME D3 critics, are complaining about low Scouting and recruiting funds, while at the same time using their funds to try and pull down D1 and D2 players and NOT actually doing any D3 recruiting.
I am stepping back and looking at the "Big Picture", and I have not played multiple seasons at D3 in literal years. But I do see the D3 bar being lowered, and you will see in two or three years those D3 programs who are elite now, back on top with the "best players available".