It was not massive defections. One good wr, one good rb a p/k and a lb were the notable defections. Many of the defections were not even going to play. Your number included walk-ons and backups who were getting passed on the depth chart. Hack was a 7 win QB.
That was also the same system that lose to Ohio bobcats, Virginia, central Florida, Nebraska, Indiana and illinois. I guess we needed to keep yat great system. Probably should have kept butler as DC, Derek day as rb1 and a lb returning punts.
That team pretty had most of their starters. They place where they were hit was recruits who were not going to see the field until after obrien fled and Franklin got here.
