Home
Forums
New Posts
Illini Basketball
Illini Football
Sports Talk
Log in
Register
What's new
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Sports
Illini Football
Illinois 31, UConn 23 POSTGAME
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Twangers" data-source="post: 1479224" data-attributes="member: 746185"><p>3 phenomenal players, no doubt about it but there’s a flaw to this argument and it’s one I believe you are aware of PTown. There are only 3 names there. </p><p></p><p>On or before the end of the 2020 season, we are guaranteed to lose 18 starting players (Specialists not included). That’s not a typo. It also only counts listed starters, it doesn’t factor in key contributing players like Ra’Von Bonner, Dre Brown, Dominic Stampley or Justice Williams (Mike Epstein omitted intentionally, as he unfortunately has rarely contributed). We all knew we would be thin come this time, this isn’t news to any of us and I for one accept it but the issue as it relates to this conversation is about high end talent and when it comes to high talent, we’ll be gutted. There will still be talent here mind you, both proven and unproven but it’s spotty, inconsistent in terms of position and in short supply. Very, very short supply. </p><p></p><p>The obvious response is coming, I’m quite certain of it. 2 dozen people are going rush in and say “Twangers you moron, we’re going too sign 7 elite level transfers each year again. How do you not see that”? The answer to that I simple, I see it but I can’t count on it. No one can. We can be hopeful, we can be optimistic, we can even be quietly confident but at the end of the day no person with any shred of credibility can say truthfully and honestly that the type of additions we made from this year’s transfer market is a sustainable level of talent acquisition. Frankly, it’s almost inconceivable. Someone in the recruiting thread posted that the average HS ranking of the transfers was .95 or something crazy like that. That’s Clemson level talent. We add that type of talent in those quantities each season we’ll be in fine shape but if we don’t we will be in serious trouble. So, million dollar question, how do we avoid that trouble? You guessed it. We need to start signing higher end HS seniors in higher quantities. Signing 1-2 James Frenchie’s (Not a knock in any way, purely a name for example puposes) doesn’t cut it. Regardless of how good we may feel about this program’s progress, we aren’t doing that with 5 wins. That’s just the way it is. We need to win 6 games to try and get this program out of long term mediocrity. Yesterday’s team was not a 6 win team.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Twangers, post: 1479224, member: 746185"] 3 phenomenal players, no doubt about it but there’s a flaw to this argument and it’s one I believe you are aware of PTown. There are only 3 names there. On or before the end of the 2020 season, we are guaranteed to lose 18 starting players (Specialists not included). That’s not a typo. It also only counts listed starters, it doesn’t factor in key contributing players like Ra’Von Bonner, Dre Brown, Dominic Stampley or Justice Williams (Mike Epstein omitted intentionally, as he unfortunately has rarely contributed). We all knew we would be thin come this time, this isn’t news to any of us and I for one accept it but the issue as it relates to this conversation is about high end talent and when it comes to high talent, we’ll be gutted. There will still be talent here mind you, both proven and unproven but it’s spotty, inconsistent in terms of position and in short supply. Very, very short supply. The obvious response is coming, I’m quite certain of it. 2 dozen people are going rush in and say “Twangers you moron, we’re going too sign 7 elite level transfers each year again. How do you not see that”? The answer to that I simple, I see it but I can’t count on it. No one can. We can be hopeful, we can be optimistic, we can even be quietly confident but at the end of the day no person with any shred of credibility can say truthfully and honestly that the type of additions we made from this year’s transfer market is a sustainable level of talent acquisition. Frankly, it’s almost inconceivable. Someone in the recruiting thread posted that the average HS ranking of the transfers was .95 or something crazy like that. That’s Clemson level talent. We add that type of talent in those quantities each season we’ll be in fine shape but if we don’t we will be in serious trouble. So, million dollar question, how do we avoid that trouble? You guessed it. We need to start signing higher end HS seniors in higher quantities. Signing 1-2 James Frenchie’s (Not a knock in any way, purely a name for example puposes) doesn’t cut it. Regardless of how good we may feel about this program’s progress, we aren’t doing that with 5 wins. That’s just the way it is. We need to win 6 games to try and get this program out of long term mediocrity. Yesterday’s team was not a 6 win team. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Sports
Illini Football
Illinois 31, UConn 23 POSTGAME
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…