[Goose]

David Braun was not appointed interim coach at NU until July and was named permanent coach 2 weeks ago, so teams can exceed expectations without completely turning over the roster.

Sure, but doing so depends a lot on what was already on the roster. He had players most of which were actually OK to pretty good. That was not the case at Stanford this year. What will happen in 2024 depends significantly on who enters, who leaves, and who stays. IMO it is improbable we can fill all the holes we have with this this year's arrivals alone. We should be "better", but to a large extent that depends on who leaves. We could actually regress if there is a rush for the exits. I don't expect that, but it is at least theoretically possible.

[Goose]

David Braun was not appointed interim coach at NU until July and was named permanent coach 2 weeks ago, so teams can exceed expectations without completely turning over the roster.

Sure, but doing so depends a lot on what was already on the roster. He had players most of which were actually OK to pretty good. That was not the case at Stanford this year. What will happen in 2024 depends significantly on who enters, who leaves, and who stays. IMO it is improbable we can fill all the holes we have with this this year's arrivals alone. We should be "better", but to a large extent that depends on who leaves. We could actually regress if there is a rush for the exits. I don't expect that, but it is at least theoretically possible.