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Fan of chipmunk-like mascots.
I take it that you mean Bulldogs who have not yet arrived on campus? Of the current rosters, both teams are rather sparse on impact players beyond their senior classes.
I think that is one of the problems that Frost is having to try to solve. There are only so many scholarships available for next year. Potentially, Zum the Elder and Murphy could return. The large group of seniors who aren't super seniors could return. Where do you find scholarship money for all of these people? One for Murphy should have always been in the plan, but not for the rest. Do you shuffle $ around and risk losing future commits? Maybe that is part of why some kids bailed. IMO, it is impossible to keep everyone happy in the days of Covid, unless you have been getting by with a thin roster where you don't use all of your scholarships. UW had some kids transfer before this year. Don't know if they chose to leave or if they were told that things had changed and there was no longer a spot for them.
It's easy for us as fans. We can recommend recruiting everyone and giving scholarships to everyone. In the real world, more difficult choices need to be made. We don't always know who does/doesn't have interest in coming here. But I do know that when Minnesota HS kids don't get recruited by the Gophers, they tend to become motivated to prove the "U" staff wrong to a degree that is as great, and likely greater, than any other talent pool in the country. I don't think that the Toronto kids, for example, take it as personally if they aren't recruited by Clarkson, BU, Harvard, or wherever they hoped to go.
If I was a college kid right now, I'd be unhappy beyond hockey. Pay big bucks to take classes online and have practical applications like labs cancelled. Miss out on a lot of the social aspect of college, which taught me more useful lessons than all of my courses combined. No matter what the hockey coaches do or not, the experience is diminished.
I will concede that Frost has likely made mistakes, but I don't think that he has become some epic screwup overnight. By the same token, I doubt that he was making perfect decisions back when his team seemingly didn't lose. It's a different game when you have a Hannah Brandt (for one example) on your roster, versus when you don't.
