All else being equal, experience in D1 competition is worth a great deal. Expect veterans to be significantly better than freshmen. However, sometimes that experience is in the wrong thing. We are going to have a TON of experience coming back, but their main experience is at losing. That does not necessarily mean that they are not good players; after all, Porter molded an 18-win season with the team that had won 4 games the season before.
However, whether it is Wes or a replacement, expect that there will be a significant turnover in the roster for next season. Wes will be scrambling to upgrade the talent level to save his neck; and, like Beard before him, a replacement will be calling in his connections to plug in key players to make a good first-year impression. So, either way, I doubt that the experience on this roster is going to be worth as much to the coach as it would be in other situations.
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