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[vu72]

My thoughts are that Alec Peters staying was really the rarity and that when you recruit underrecruited players who quickly become the star you will ALWAYS run the risk of them transferring. We all applaud Alec his loyalty but maybe, with a real clear eye towards career path (which is why all students go to college) maybe it would have been better for him to transfer his last year.
Drake doesn't have a super star just a really strong solid class working together. That's the way forward. Sometimes you get the stand outs that develop like Vashil and Rowdy but we need workhorses and coachable guys. I think we have a lot of them right now but the live by the star recruit/die by star recruit cycle is not going to be sustainable for mid majors, especially with more lenient transfer rules. but not even transferring. Look what happened to  UNI when Green went out.

I disagree on Alec.  Too often players get stars in their eyes thinking that they are a star on the mid-major level so they will be a star at a Power 5 school. Alec was getting plenty of attention at Valpo where, by being "the guy", he could showcase his skills to the regular group of NBA scouts in attendance.

Now, on the other hand one could look at a recent Valpo player with the same thinking so let's look at the results:  Averaging 12.8 points per game on a 3-7 (1-7 in conference) team while shooting 19% from the 3. That's not going to get a lot of scouts wanting to see you. They are still kids who are often getting bad advice and end up making bad decisions.  Not saying he made a bad choice, the jury is still out on that one.

[valpo64]

This team will NEVER be a consistent winner with Sackey at the point guard position playing as many minutes as he is doing now.  We need to develop or use a different point guard NOW and reduce Sackey's minutes.  Maybe Coach is working toward that but the change needs to happen NOW!  If we are going to continue to tolerate his poor play, let's play younger or different guy(s) and get them the experience.  Their play can not be worse than what we are getting now with Sackey.

[oklahomamick]

^^^^^ What he said.

We have said it before, Sackey is a great kid.  I wish he was better. 

[VUGrad1314]

My thoughts are that Alec Peters staying was really the rarity and that when you recruit underrecruited players who quickly become the star you will ALWAYS run the risk of them transferring. We all applaud Alec his loyalty but maybe, with a real clear eye towards career path (which is why all students go to college) maybe it would have been better for him to transfer his last year. Drake doesn't have a super star just a really strong solid class working together. That's the way forward. Sometimes you get the stand outs that develop like Vashil and Rowdy but we need workhorses and coachable guys. I think we have a lot of them right now but the live by the star recruit/die by star recruit cycle is not going to be sustainable for mid majors, especially with more lenient transfer rules. but not even transferring. Look what happened to  UNI when Green went out.

UNI sucked this year WITH Green. That team can't defend. They miss Isaiah Brown quite a bit.  Drake lost Robbins and are chugging along. In another conference Belmont lost Kunkel to a late offseason transfer and are still killing it though competition no doubt plays a role there I'm sure they'd struggle a bit more without him in a league like the MVC or the SOCON.