It’s good to see. I suspect D2 will pick back up in time, too. Not sure about D3, that will depend on the success of this and future promotion efforts, but as the point of entry for new players, I’m less concerned about overall numbers at that level.
As I said in Knight’s CC, I was pretty frustrated a few seasons back when I wasn’t qualified for the Virginia job. That was just ridiculous that the system would prefer a sim coach over a resume with 2 D2 national championships and 10 S16s in 21 seasons at that point. After the KU fiasco last year, I was pretty much determined to cut way back and not spend any more money on the game, so I very nearly dropped Knight entirely at that point. adlorenz and crew taking over has been encouraging though, and I’m thinking about maybe getting another 10-pack here after only dropping one world (still might drop Phelan, we’ll see, Madison sucks, lol).