[yvonne]

But it boggles the mind that we would go through an entire year and not recruit any linebackers.  It's almost as if the lessons from the whiffs in 2016/17 were completely ignored.


BC

It does indeed seem to defy logic. I simply can't imagine that nobody on the staff noticed this issue and that it just "slipped through a crack". Did we not have any viable options, or did we lose out by guys going elsewhere, or is it just a mystery?

We lost out on a couple guys going elsewhere, and stood pat rather than going for plan B's. IMO only taking 1 ILB and 1-2 OLB would've been fine (depending on the DiCosmo/Fox situation), but taking zero was stupid.

What am I not understanding here? Lee is a walk-on, but what about Pulsipher?

[yvonne]

But it boggles the mind that we would go through an entire year and not recruit any linebackers.  It's almost as if the lessons from the whiffs in 2016/17 were completely ignored.


BC

It does indeed seem to defy logic. I simply can't imagine that nobody on the staff noticed this issue and that it just "slipped through a crack". Did we not have any viable options, or did we lose out by guys going elsewhere, or is it just a mystery?

We lost out on a couple guys going elsewhere, and stood pat rather than going for plan B's. IMO only taking 1 ILB and 1-2 OLB would've been fine (depending on the DiCosmo/Fox situation), but taking zero was stupid.

What am I not understanding here? Lee is a walk-on, but what about Pulsipher?