100% agree on this point. Was disappointed when Huesman in press conf earlier this year said it wasn't a major focus in their recruiting. Well, in CAA it seems to be for most other teams. Over 20% (or maybe more) of JMU's team is probably FBS. Stony Brook got 5 just this year from Temple and who knows how many others starting for them are from FBS programs. I get not focusing on guys with just 1 year of eligibility, but more with 2-3 years need to at least be in UR's sights, if we want to compete for championships. IMO at some point, FCS is going to have to set some limits on # of these transfers per class year for teams, or what's to stop a coach from going for 50% overall and/or colluding unfairly with certain FBS coaches.
Guys I'm not saying I disagree but how many FBS transfers did STFU have? We have a lot of problems and just picking up a few transfers isn't going to solve them all.
10 years ago, all FCS team had less FBS transfers. Now many FBS players probably assume they'll move at some point in their 4/5 years, especially those who aren't 1st or 2nd on depth chart. Many of them could probably qualify for UR just like they did for UVA, Vandy or another school. It's important for UR to simply find ways to match up to the depth we're competing against even in our own conference. Particularly at foundational positions like O & D lines, LB, etc. In addition to Corp & Coop, we've had some great transfers come in from UVA and UNC. Would say quite a few were difference makers and made everyone else around them better (e.g., Michael Strauss). Believe all of us want recruits who grow and develop in our program for all 4/5 of their years, but we also have to recognize that the transfer market is important now in any long-term recruiting strategy.
Kept Gill and opened a satellite DC athletic office. Other than that, they got it right.
The fact is that I'm totally bewildered at what's going on. I'm not an insider, don't have secret information. I know a few guys that played and graduated from Richmond through the decades. I'm not sure who or what to believe any more. I personally believe that if we want to be a great university, it needs to include succesful athletics. My 10 year old granddaughter asked as we were leaving the stadium yesterday why we always lose. Other than the obvious, I told her that I didn't know. What's the truth for those that know?
. If you consider a person who is proud of his Virginia, Southern and Baptist heritage a Redneck, then I fit the bill! However I don't own/ drive a pick up, own a gun, live in a trailor park, and I hold a BA Degree from UR.
That has been a whole school problem for years. I’m more involved on the academic side and that’s been happening there as well. We tend to throw good money after bad without being willing to make the hard decisions.
She came into the Spider world a national champion and will be celebrating her tenth year........?
The UR townies attended "University College" which was part of the university. What killed UC was the establishment of the state community college system.
In fact if I recall correctly in the 70s if you lived in Richmond you had a very hard time, if not impossible, getting a dorm room freshman year. shortage of dorms.
I was a townie in the 70s and my closest friends still today, were townies also. Pine Lot
