• Our coach left after just 2 years.  Most everyone seemed to think this coach would not jump ship, at least not until a high level of success was achieved and a very lucrative offer was put in front of him.  His very explicit comments alluding to this when he was hired aside, just the very nature of his career path (success at Kent, leave for big conference, come crawling back to MAC (and your wife's alma mater)) strongly suggested this would be the case.  This departure should shock us, and that is nothing to speak of JC's character for taking the job.  Add to it that we were coming off a very underwhelming 11-7 MAC season, and the fact that there was even interest in him makes the entire thing completely shocking.  And it sucks to have to do this AGAIN already.
• Almost immediately, we hear our best player by far and only returning player to average more than 7 points per game or 22 minutes per game...is transferring.  By all accounts, he is an absolute sweetheart, that loves to be a Bobcat.  And he is a Junior, as in 1 year left of eligibility.  When Groce left, anybody that claimed Cooper/Offutt/etc might transfer were laughed at...Because what Junior transfers?  Nobody.  And certainly not sweetie pie Maurice.  But he is, and it sucks.
• Our most highly rated recruit in a very long time immediately wanted released from his LOI and will never be a Bobcat.  We have known Tariq as a Bobcat to be for almost a year now and been very excited about him.  I don't know if he will amount to much, but I do know every time I see Caris LaVert dominate, I cry a little bit.  And now I get the opportunity to do that again with Owens, and it sucks.  It sucks so bad.
• We have 3 other recruits, all of whom are welcomed additions to the team and could be great in their own right...that now have a free pass to get out of their commitment, and we are stuck waiting on their decision.  When this happens, the likely result is the players who have progressed and would get interest from "better" programs leave, while the players who have underwhelmed and aren't very sought after at this point stay.  And guess what?  That sucks.
• Our redshirt freshman D.J. Wingfield, who many including me, thought could end up being a really productive player in the MAC, was told his basketball career is over.  Man does that suck.
• We now have 4 (FOUR!) open scholarships for next fall, and it could go as high as 7 depending on what the other 3 recruits decide.  Do you know what kind of talent is available at this stage in the game?  Not much.  It will be extremely challenging for the new coach to fill these spots with quality recruits.  Suck.

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