I'm really, really worried about having enough Big Ten-caliber players to reasonably compete for the next 3-5 years. We have a damaged brand and are hemorrhaging players right now which naturally has a ripple effect. So we're losing this year's class and have no one recruiting for next year who can talk with certainty about the program's future...and anyone good enough to play at NU who wants a great degree is also likely being recruited by other top-shelf academic schools.
I guess mayyyyybe the right coach could come in and spin things to find good talent who want to play right away, but that feels like wishful thinking at best. NU is known to be a tough place to recruit and I don't foresee the Dean of Admission loosening the leash even a little bit to help us with transfer portal options (which would be the lightning bolt solution for any other program) or to rebuild.
If someone wants to reply with a foundation for optimism...that would be nice.
I guess mayyyyybe the right coach could come in and spin things to find good talent who want to play right away, but that feels like wishful thinking at best. NU is known to be a tough place to recruit and I don't foresee the Dean of Admission loosening the leash even a little bit to help us with transfer portal options (which would be the lightning bolt solution for any other program) or to rebuild.
If someone wants to reply with a foundation for optimism...that would be nice.
