I don't know if Lea is the answer yet or not, I see some good things and some bad things. The truth of the matter is that Mason (and Vanderbilt's administration) basically destroyed this football program, and its unfortunately going to take longer than 24 games to see if Lea is the right man for the job.
In year three, we should start getting some idea about whether or not Lea is who we need running this program. And, in order for that to happen, he needs to keep all of his young, productive players on the roster.
He absolutely cannot have Swann, McGowan, Quattra, Agu, Diakte, etc., leave in the transfer portal. You can't build a program if your good players leave for greener pastures.
In this day and age of the transfer portal and NIL, it's no small feat keeping these kids on West End.
Again, I'm not sold on Lea yet, but keeping these kids at VU would be a good start in swaying my opinion of him to the good, just like losing them will do the opposite.
It's going to be an interesting next few weeks........
In year three, we should start getting some idea about whether or not Lea is who we need running this program. And, in order for that to happen, he needs to keep all of his young, productive players on the roster.
He absolutely cannot have Swann, McGowan, Quattra, Agu, Diakte, etc., leave in the transfer portal. You can't build a program if your good players leave for greener pastures.
In this day and age of the transfer portal and NIL, it's no small feat keeping these kids on West End.
Again, I'm not sold on Lea yet, but keeping these kids at VU would be a good start in swaying my opinion of him to the good, just like losing them will do the opposite.
It's going to be an interesting next few weeks........
