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<blockquote data-quote="Ransom Stoddard" data-source="post: 1330372" data-attributes="member: 10336"><p>:tsk:</p><p></p><p>In addition to the youth (UI is the 2nd youngest team in the country per the ESPN crew), there's a depth issue. Beckman/Cubit weren't recruiting at a high level, so even though we're starting 3* frosh, there aren't 3* upperclassmen behind them, there are 2* frosh and soph.</p><p></p><p>I'll echo what a lot of folks have said--give these kids another year in the program, another year of conditioning, and we should be looking at a solid improvement curve over the next few years.</p><p></p><p>As for a fail by the coaches--playing a top 25 team on the road, the week of a hurricane (where many of the players families were affected) with the uncertainty about if or where the game would be played...I don't know what I can tell you. A more experienced team would have responded differently, but this is what we have this year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ransom Stoddard, post: 1330372, member: 10336"] :tsk: In addition to the youth (UI is the 2nd youngest team in the country per the ESPN crew), there's a depth issue. Beckman/Cubit weren't recruiting at a high level, so even though we're starting 3* frosh, there aren't 3* upperclassmen behind them, there are 2* frosh and soph. I'll echo what a lot of folks have said--give these kids another year in the program, another year of conditioning, and we should be looking at a solid improvement curve over the next few years. As for a fail by the coaches--playing a top 25 team on the road, the week of a hurricane (where many of the players families were affected) with the uncertainty about if or where the game would be played...I don't know what I can tell you. A more experienced team would have responded differently, but this is what we have this year. [/QUOTE]
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