(02-20-2020 07:30 PM)emu79 Wrote: If Murphy wins 20 this year I think we get 2 players. If not I think he will find every spare scholarship he can find to load up with junior college guys to go with the returnees for next year. Someone brought up Pacheo. He's a redshirt this year and has four years to play. He could leave at the end of this year and go anywhere he wants. Remember scholarships are renewed on an annual basis.
If Murphy doesn't win 20 this year and comes back next year even if he wins 20 next year his current contract is over at the end of next season. He will want to load up for the 20-21 season to win as many games as possible to either induce our AD to give him a new contract or be an attractive candidate somewhere else. He will also want players if he does come back to EMU to go with James and Dillard if they are still here.
Couple of thoughts (to your comments):
The only transfer which makes sense for a redshirt frosh is to a JUCO. Otherwise, he has a redshirt year AND a transfer sitout out year. Who wants to sitout two consecutive years and then have only THREE years to play?
I don't understand all of the talk of Murphy not coming back and therefore X, Y, and Z. If the rest of the season goes well, the AD can tack on an extra season beyond next year.
We can make this all moot by winning say 3 of the last 5 and then 2 games in the MAC tourney (opening round and the quarterfinals). That would = 20 wins. Don't even need to factor in a post season tourney.
EMU's record is 15 - 11, 4th best in the MAC. We have a 3-game win streak, 2nd best in the conference behind Akron (4-game streak).
Murphy has a very strong nucleus of players coming back from a team which is now winning (again) and seems very cohesive, etc.
Murphy has a lot of rising seniors and has to factor that into his recruiting. That is the problem with JUCOs: They play their junior year and the staff has to plan to replace them. Kind of like a Hollywood marriage, don't plan on the long haul.