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It's not just the recruiting of new players by Hometown fan
The returners are, what, 7ish weeks, from reporting back to school? It is my understanding they have heard zero, zilch, nada, from the athletic department. Couple this with the fact they received a mass email about an hour before Aoki was dismissed to inform them of the dismissal and there are multiple players not happy at all. I believe some are up in the air as to what their scholarship percentage will be. Several might be looking at other places and several might just decide they are tired of college baseball and either not return; or, it will leave such a bad taste in their mouth that they go pro after next season when they might have returned for '21. The way this is being handled will set the program back even more so.