Garcia’s the player I feel the least for. He’s the one who said himself that he knew leaving could trigger a domino effect, and he still did it anyway. And he left to a school that has the made the NCAA Tournament less recently than Stony Brook.
Is this really what you wanted, guys?
I don't agree with this line of thinking at all.
Last year, Georgia played
19 games against teams ranked in KenPom's top 100, and just
3 games outside the top 200.
Last year, Miami played
18 games against teams ranked in KenPom's top 100, and just
3 games outside the top 200.
Last year, Stony Brook played
6 games against teams ranked in KenPom's top 100, and
23 games outside the top 200.
If you ask the top 1000 players in the country who they'd rather play for, 10 might say Stony Brook. Just a different level. I don't blame anyone for giving it a shot. And there are a million who do, find out they don't make the cut, and transfer to schools like ours.
That said, it's sad that we will worry about players being "too good" for this team and conference. Good year, good as gone. It's sad. But that will be a reality as long as we're in the AE. I'll stop short of saying that getting hired guns from the juco level and high major kickbacks each year is the new norm for us because it's not happening to everybody at our level. Remember – Stony Brook 7 transfers; rest of the AE about 2 apiece. I sure hope it isn't.