BillyLP wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 11:32 pm
mbenecke wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 8:58 pm
Gabe Brown to Division II Grand Valley State.
Seeing the transfers down a level make me think we weren’t losing impact players, but also makes me wonder what the staff saw during recruiting.
Without speaking to each of these guys, I would guess their decision to transfer down was based mainly on getting more playing time. They weren’t getting it at BG and had they transferred laterally, they’d have like found themselves in a similar situation as they did here. If these guys were proven starters and left it would have hurt BG. But these guys weren’t that.
I feel this could be a case of a win-win all the way around. These kids can hopefully get what they’re looking for at new schools and BG can utilize their places and offers towards new kids who do want to be here and can help now.
I don’t think it’s fair to say these kids didn’t live up to their potential or that the coaches missed on them - because it’s still too early to tell. That’s a question that will be better answered in about two years. I think the coaches recruited these guys who they felt could help down the road when they developed, and these kids were ready to play now and didn’t want to go that route. In the end, in relation to these guys, I think everyone will come out ahead in the end.
