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...should not be a starter here
We need a high quality center who can defend the paint, a back up center (Morgan would be fine in that role) and a scoring guard with size. Then we need to retain everyone else we have.
An even better surprise would be that he resigns.
Yeah, kind of weird with all other leaks that more information about people in the transfer portal on where they might be going. With how things seem to go, I would think players would get more info out there hoping another team goes aggressive and gives them more. Lot of greed out there.
I did see from Ryan James article that Morgan is headed to NEB for his next visit. News, but not the type we want.
He would be a good addition but what concerns me is he only has 1 year left to play. Next year if they all come back we will lose Garcia, Fox, Hawkins, Mitchell, Christie (likely) and our transfer only have 1 year left, Ben really puts him in hard spot. Ben only has 2 Freshman coming in next year. If not careful next year would be looking again for 6-10 players. Jevon Porter and now Danny Wolf be really intriguing they have at least 2 years left and seem to have high level of play experience.
Agreed that would be ideal, but missing the tournament this year and the following years likely don't matter for Ben. He'll be done.
Ouch!
Schools like Minnesota will always be looking for five or more guys every year as long as unrestricted free agency exists.
Because we are a weak program. That's what you hire coaches to fix. When kids get to our program and think they have arrived at their dream spot- then we stop losing impact guys.
Thinking about earlier today, it does strike me that virtually all programs will have an average of three guys a year leave before expired eligibility. There will always be fringe players who will want to move on for opportunities or they are forced out. Factoring in coaching changes and other external factors will increase the average turnover rate.
I think Ben seems to do a pretty good job at evaluating transfer talent. Not every one has worked out, but I feel he can do just as good as last year if not better.
Some turnover is fine. It ends up boiling down to what kind of turnover a team is having. Culling out those who aren't cutting it can actually be a way to improve. A program that is losing good players is the one that will suffer in this era.
No, because there are a small handful of schools where players even might consider it their dream spot. About 310 DI programs are in our boat, reloading every year with mercenaries who will have zero loyalty to the school or coach.
Agree we need two post players to share time, a wing who can shoot, and at least one guard. But the first priority at guard is not a PG, it's a strong, big guard who can play hard defense and back a smaller guy down in the post.
