Re: UNH Commits & Recruiting: 2017 and Beyond
I'll tell you what I'm thinking with these latest developments ... more than at any time over the past two seasons, I truly believe there is a significant chance that Coach Umile won't be back next season. Souza seems to have picked up the pace, and many (if not most) of these recent late pick-ups look to be slated to come to Durham next season. It's not exactly been in the Umile playbook to bring in a lot of young guys earlier than usual, and have expectations of them playing right away. This recent big push on the back end - admittedly an area of extreme need regardless - for next season might be the first signal that Coach Souza has been given the green light and full control over the team's future ... beginning a year early. It's just so different than what we've been accustomed to, for a long time.
Maybe it's just part of the plan for Year Three, I suppose? One does get the impression that Boyd is not expected back, which is too bad, but not all that unusual at a transition point in the program, had it not been for his medical condition. So that's three guys out, 3-4 guys in, and the likes of Marks and Wyse being the only returnees likely to be guaranteed regular time, while Dawson and Chanter try to hold onto their slots in the face of the incoming frosh, while Nonis goes back to being the spare part he probably always was projected to be anyway.
It all just feels very different, and my gut tells me this late push is happening for a reason.
I'll tell you what I'm thinking with these latest developments ... more than at any time over the past two seasons, I truly believe there is a significant chance that Coach Umile won't be back next season. Souza seems to have picked up the pace, and many (if not most) of these recent late pick-ups look to be slated to come to Durham next season. It's not exactly been in the Umile playbook to bring in a lot of young guys earlier than usual, and have expectations of them playing right away. This recent big push on the back end - admittedly an area of extreme need regardless - for next season might be the first signal that Coach Souza has been given the green light and full control over the team's future ... beginning a year early. It's just so different than what we've been accustomed to, for a long time.
Maybe it's just part of the plan for Year Three, I suppose? One does get the impression that Boyd is not expected back, which is too bad, but not all that unusual at a transition point in the program, had it not been for his medical condition. So that's three guys out, 3-4 guys in, and the likes of Marks and Wyse being the only returnees likely to be guaranteed regular time, while Dawson and Chanter try to hold onto their slots in the face of the incoming frosh, while Nonis goes back to being the spare part he probably always was projected to be anyway.
It all just feels very different, and my gut tells me this late push is happening for a reason.
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