Is it possible this year is just a season where the check came due? We’ve had massive coaching turnover and stacks of guys drafted - two normal things with elite level teams. In a different era, you could stack talent on the bench and “plug and play” the next star.
Maybe in a portal era (moreso than NIL in my opinion, but both contribute) teams will just be much more likely to have a “very good” year every few years before jumping back up to elite for a few years. We all hate our season based on how it compares to expectations, but objectively, this is still a very good year.
Maybe in a portal era (moreso than NIL in my opinion, but both contribute) teams will just be much more likely to have a “very good” year every few years before jumping back up to elite for a few years. We all hate our season based on how it compares to expectations, but objectively, this is still a very good year.
