Illinois Football Recruiting Thread
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DeonThomas
- South Carolina
I think Bret wanted a one year guy & Leavitt and Hoover were just going to be too expensive . Sometimes the best signing (or trade in basebal) are the ones you DONT do
illinidarrin
- from parts unknown
Ok, this is getting to be more than i thought it would be.
yeah, i think he'll be a really good one....
This is getting pretty bad… you can’t convince me that returning basically no players on the defense is a good thing. No matter how bad the defense was last season.
mhuml32
Gesture of Northern Aggression
It's difficult to see all of the players leaving without the subsequent replacements, but it's going to be okay. A couple of these losses hurt, but good players will also flow in. It's likely going to be a net-neutral or slight positive once everything shakes out.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
We go through this every spring with basketball. Do people not yet understand how this all works?
It's difficult to see all of the players leaving without the subsequent replacements, but it's going to be okay. A couple of these losses hurt, but good players will also flow in. It's likely going to be a net-neutral or slight positive once everything shakes out.
Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
I am optimistic for a big improvement.
It's difficult to see all of the players leaving without the subsequent replacements, but it's going to be okay. A couple of these losses hurt, but good players will also flow in. It's likely going to be a net-neutral or slight positive once everything shakes out.
Dude I’ve followed this (transfer recruiting) more closely than anyone. Check out my charts on previous pages. Deflections at this level is not the normal here. Are you claiming it is?
Well land players I’m sure. Replacing an entire defense in the portal tho… that’s difficult.
I am all for players having one "free" transfer. After that they should sit out one year like the old time, unless the head coach that they committed to leaves the program. i think this could he stop having free agency every year of 3000 people in the portal.
I bet I get killed for this take.
I agree with all of what you said except net neutral or slight positive. It needs to be a large net positive. We had a bad defense last year. We need to identify much better talent. (And I think we will)
It's difficult to see all of the players leaving without the subsequent replacements, but it's going to be okay. A couple of these losses hurt, but good players will also flow in. It's likely going to be a net-neutral or slight positive once everything shakes out.
Not saying it won't work, but it's so much easier to bring in 1-2 impact basketball players and have results than it is building a brand new football defense across an offseason
Net neutral would be disappointing, unless we're totally changing the defense and everyone has to re-learn things. That said, I think we're going to see a net positive, and many of these things have been known or planned.
It's difficult to see all of the players leaving without the subsequent replacements, but it's going to be okay. A couple of these losses hurt, but good players will also flow in. It's likely going to be a net-neutral or slight positive once everything shakes out.
Bret's been open about the resources being much better this year, so I believe this is a major overhaul to get us closer to a playoff-level team.
mhuml32
Gesture of Northern Aggression
You shouldn't get killed, and I get the sentiment! The problem is the court system asks, "if this is such a good idea, why are other university students allowed to transfer as many times as they want without restrictions? or why are university employees allowed to change their employers as often as they like?"
Universities are never going to restrict other non-athlete students in this way or force all of their employees sign non-competes (which would create many other lawsuits), so here we are.
I'm right with you.
The way it is right now is not sustainable.
We better get lineman- especially center- before we’re left out. The offensive line wins games.
Very good answer. In short, per the Supreme Court of the United States of America, it is very illegal to restrict student athletes from transferring.
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