(03-06-2021 12:42 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  Our problem is keeping players in the program. NIU needs to be led by junior and senior players. Constantly turning over players and having your best players transfer will just lead to more mediocrity and losing seasons.

This has not been the problem. Who are the best players that are transferring out?

The last one I can think of is Maric and he was a grad transfer. Not at all the same thing.

At worst, Monty was stuck replacing depth players who were transferring out year after year. Richie was an annoying transfer, I'll give you that, but he wasn't all that good as a freshman (but had potential..but wasn't a sure thing).

The rest of the vast majority of players to transfer out were of the calibre of Daow or Demogerontis. Even when Jaylen Key left he was not the same player he was before the injuries and he wasn't missed at all.