Originally posted by Blue Ridge Viking
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Originally posted by MrAugustana
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If he's really gone, a transfer will be really important, but it will be hard to replace a player as solid as Plitzuweit (particularly with him having a year in Augie's system already under his belt). I trust the coaches to find a good replacement for him over the summer, but I'd rather have Pliztuweit than some guy coming off the bench at a low-major D1 like a Summit League school or something. Now if we're getting another Corey Macintosh or something, that's a different story.
If he does end up at USD (which I would imagine has to be pretty high up on the list of options for him), then that's just laughable of that new coach down there, particularly for how much their fan base likes to mock the idea of Augie going Division 1. Building a Summit League program off of poached D2 kids is an interesting strategy, to say the least. And I would definitely look forward to playing them if the Vikes do go D1 soon enough to go head-to-head against that group.
If the potential D1 move is truly the impetus for this decision, it'll be interesting to see if the Vikes even make that jump before Plitzuweit would've graduated.
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