That roster (as it is yearly) is largely made up of players on their 3rd or 4th school. There are certainly reasons kids transfer 3 to 4 times but you certainly play with fire taking that many at the same time.
My observation over the years is when you rely on non-traditional recruits like multi school transfers or international students you better be darn sure things are done by the book. That's what took down Gary Edwards. Plus the nowhere community colleges that are basically athlete transfer facilitators have little regard for NCAA regulations.
I don't know what he did but more often than not coaches that rely on the non-traditional recruits eventually get burned by the practice.
Missing a whole week of camp practice will take a long time to recover ... especially with a brand new roster. Likely a couple quit, too, if I had to guess.
Missing a whole week of camp practice will take a long time to recover ... especially with a brand new roster. Likely a couple quit, too, if I had to guess.
Depends on what the administrative violation was. Also it's not like they brought in a new coach to act as the interim HC. Grady has been with SRU for 10 years and as Reynolds top assistant, was probably heavily involved in the scouting, recruiting, signing and coaching of the players on the 18-19 SRU roster. Also playing against players quitting on mass is where are they going to go less than one week before the beginning of the season?
Provided it is a short leave, I don't see this being huge. Again Grady is Reynolds top assistant and was obviously intimently involved in the day to day practice through camp. I would hope he was also crystal clear about what Reynolds wanted to do with each player in game situations. Obviously the "in game" calls could be different but unless Grady absolutely sucks, I don't see a relatively short suspension being that big a deal from a W/L stand point (maybe 1 game??)...Now if it extends for a month or more, it could have a big impact.
Just checked the SRU coach page. Grady is listed as the "Acting Head Coach"
Reynolds' name is listed at the bottom as "Head Coach". No e-mail is listed for KR.
Just checked the SRU coach page. Grady is listed as the "Acting Head Coach"
Reynolds' name is listed at the bottom as "Head Coach". No e-mail is listed for KR.
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