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I think there are a few secular trends that are working against that. I think some of them will reverse a bit once the COVID year works itself out of the system, but the NIL, the portal, the ever increasing number of games, etc, the ludicrous salaries, have all pushed players away from thinking about the team and towards thinking about playing football in a transactional sense (can I get a shot at the NFL, an NIL, if not can I leverage football to give me a step up in my career).  Winning more will help, and having a team first culture will help, but we aren’t going back to the days where fifth years are the norm.  Pretty much all the guys you cite were before the portal came around in 2018; lots pre-dated the NCAA grad transfer exemption (put in place in 2011).

I think and hope we can do better with fifth years; however, I don’t think this problem is unique to the culture that Shaw has put in place.

BC

[BostonCard]

I think there are a few secular trends that are working against that. I think some of them will reverse a bit once the COVID year works itself out of the system, but the NIL, the portal, the ever increasing number of games, etc, the ludicrous salaries, have all pushed players away from thinking about the team and towards thinking about playing football in a transactional sense (can I get a shot at the NFL, an NIL, if not can I leverage football to give me a step up in my career).  Winning more will help, and having a team first culture will help, but we aren’t going back to the days where fifth years are the norm.  Pretty much all the guys you cite were before the portal came around in 2018; lots pre-dated the NCAA grad transfer exemption (put in place in 2011).

I think and hope we can do better with fifth years; however, I don’t think this problem is unique to the culture that Shaw has put in place.

BC