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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 4771133, member: 27"]
I think to do this right, you have to wait a few years and see what happens with all the players that were lost and all the players that were brought in.

We lost Lamson, Geer, Carter, Chestnut, Linton, JacoBian Morgan, Anthony Queeley, Courtney Jackson, Schuster. Magnuson, Hough and Foster.  I think that is it.

Geer, Carter and Chestnut were sure starters.  Linton would have played some in passing situations.  Lamson would probably have been the backup QB.   So five players of consequence.   The others were likely never going to play.  Most had been beaten out by younger players and saw the writing on the wall.

We gained Stonehouse, Callahan, Braden Davis, Ingraham, More, Wohlabaugh, Gould, Bellamy, Martin, and Farmer.

I think Ingraham and More are seniors.  The others are all sophomores or freshman.  If you look at the schools that offered the players we lost and the players we got, the players we added had much better offers overall.  The players we got are overall a lot younger too.

No offense to Carter or Chestnut but the players we have at their positions to date have been as good or better than they were last season.  Both were banged up almost continually when they were here, which limited their effectiveness.  Geer is IMHO the most significant loss.  But we had good depth at DE.

Not sure what all the young players are going to do this year.  It might be that for this year, the players we lost might have been a little better than what we got.  Not convinced of that but it could be.

I think if you look long term, IMHO, the players we got are going to make far bigger contributions than the ones we lost.  Let’s see how things play out…..
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