How many more defections will we suffer from the current group of players, and what will it do to recruiting? Hopefully not much to recruiting since 2019 recruits may be red-shirted and not waste a year with Smith at QB. They will know when there 4-year clock starts ticking in 2020 he'll be gone.
I see season tix sales dropping. I would think so. I also see contributions to the AD, to LTAC, dropping. There won't be a lot of enthusiasm going into next year. BUT!!! there was a similar air of concern heading into 2016 when Higgins was announced as starting QB, and fans flocked in when Higgins proved to be "pretty darn good!"