Manning was brought on to recruit a guy like Harry Giles. Giles never would've committed to Bz, but with Manning he had somebody at his hometown school with whom he was much more likely to connect. The stars had aligned. I'm sure Manning did all he could, but his sales pitch wasn't enough, and Manning's career at Wake got 73% harder at that moment. We will have to see if he has what it takes from here. It's not just that Giles would've been a big win, but losing him was an extra big loss, bigger than losing any other recruit in all of Manning's future tenure I would guess. Giles is the once-in-a-lifetime One That Got Away.