Who would we lose? Where are they going? I've defended the players all year, it's not their fault, but if anybody but Bolton leaves it earns a shoulder shrug from me.
I feel similar but I just don't think we can afford to have a mass exodus. Prohm was never able to get ahead of his scholarships, filling 4 or 5 spots every season is tough. He had some good classes but he always seemed to be reaching, especially with transfers and the '19 recruiting class.
My perfect scenario would be to lose the SR's plus 2/3 underclassmen, retain one of the Prohm commits,
bring in two big 12 caliber transfers and give the younger guys a chance to either develop and stick with the program or slowly bleed out if they cant hack it. Next year is a rebuild no matter what, I'd like to use it to see what we've got in some of the underclassmen and then hopefully land a big time '22 class that can hit the ground running alongside the guys that stick around.
I feel like Bolton, Harris and/or Jackson, Foster, Conditt, and 3 of Johnson, Walker, Dubar and Blackwell plus Nunn or Hunter and 2 starting quality transfers could be competitive under the right staff. Probably not a tourney team but more '17/'18ish than what we saw the last two years.
I realize that's probably pipe dream and plenty of kool aid but I think there is enough to work with for the right staff if they can make a couple key additions.
