Nowadays, you need the cache of a Duke, Bill Self, or Dan Hurley to pull that off. The program and/or the coach have to have a level of awe to them - and sadly PK nor UofL has that right now. If you only focus on 5-6 guys and then Alabama or UConn or some of these programs with massive budgets and big-name coaches come in at the last minute with an offer they can't refuse, then UofL is screwed.
Currently, UofL has to cast a wide net and try to find the kids that they can hold the attention of. It seems to me that PK obviously values talent, but he's looking for a specific sort of mentality and fit. You have to check all of the boxes, and if that's your system, you have to sit down with a lot of recruits and figure out who checks those boxes. If you only care about talent, you figure out who the most talented is pretty easily.
PK didn't luck into a scenario where two top 50 kids fell into his lap or come to a program that had been the #1 destination for 1 and done talent for 15 years. He came to a broken program that hasn't been anything more than a punch line for 2 years and not relevant for 3-4 years.