No. Firstly, even with the 5th years they aren’t as good as Salisbury, CNU, RIT, or Tufts. They need 5th years just to be a fringe top 10 team.Laxattackjack wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2023 1:23 pmSo you are saying if York wasn’t allowed to have 5th year players, they wouldn’t be as good as the other teams with 5th year players?InsiderRoll wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2023 9:47 amTufts is but yes I see your point. It’ll be interesting over the next two years what happens to some of these programs.Dehuntshigwa’es wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 8:23 pm Can’t be a top 4 team without 5th years in my opinion. You can get close but that extra year is a huge benefit. Good year for York to make some noise if there ever was one. Thinking no more than 5 losses and more like 4 with that schedule.
CNU is a great example, they are littered with 5/6th year players and may graduate more than I’ve ever seen any team graduate after this season. I mean they’re going to lose like 90% of their scoring and like 600+ starts. Even if they’ve recruited well they will have so many guys that are upperclassmen that have 0 experience.
A program like York saw a number of talented underclass transfers out of its middle classes feels very propped up by its 5th years. I’m not sure that York is even a preseason top 20 team without them. Take away Harnick, Grayson, Blackmon, and Facciponti along with the underclass transfers and this group would be pretty avg
I’m saying that the loss of some of their most talented underclassman is likely going to be felt more in 2025 than 2024.