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[QUOTE="newmexicuse, post: 2219931, member: 57"]
Well, it will be interesting to see this year if Green as a frosh outperforms Thorpe as a 5th year.

If you are only going to have a player for one year then you want to have the best player possible, regardless of one & done frosh or 5th year transfer.

Last year it would have been pretty hard to find a one year guy better than White. Gillon had his moments, but by and large was replaceable.

So, bottom line, here are the problems I see with the 5th year v the one & done:

1. It is always possible a one & done becomes a two year plus guy
2. You can plan on who you target with the one & dones - the 5th year guys will always leave you in scramble mode.
3. As Otto said above, if you end up chasing a 5th year guy, it means that your recruiting Plan A was unsuccessful.
4. Also, as he said above, we have now chased one year solutions at PG three straight years, forget the Greens, we need the Jardines of this world, ie solid above avergae players who will stay four years and provide foundation and continuity. At the very least we need some MCWs who will learn for a year & then take over.

So the bottom line for me, is that I think w Thorpe (and last year w White & Gillon) we have got a near max one year guys who will help the season, but not the program.
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