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[QUOTE="HoustonCuse, post: 1739889, member: 87"]
I think you are proving my point - these are guys who, for whatever reason, were not able to contribute at the level expected within the timeframe expected. So them leaving does not hurt the program. Look at the list of people we are recruiting in 2017 and 2018. These are elite level prospects - the recruiting has shifted for those years to a higher level target. Yes KJ was a Top 50 guy and didn't pan out, it happens, but we are recruiting mostly Top 25 guys in 17 and 18 timeframe. Those type of players are almost always very good at the minimum.

But anyway - my main point was that the defections we have seen in the last 2 - 3 years are not an indication of some sort of trouble inside our program like it would appear may be the case at NC State. Our guys who are transferring are leaving because it is in the mutual best interest of them and SU. If we had our full 13 ships then it wouldn't necessarily be in SU's best interests for a guy like BJ to leave. A player who could probably be a solid contributor as a So/Jr and a starter as a Sr. But him not wanting that career arc and deciding to transfer is a reasonable choice for his own best interests and doesn't mean the program has big problems.
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