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On April 4, only two months after she was hired, Lucas cut her entire 19-player roster. According to KSLA, Lucas told each player individually their scholarship would not be renewed because they didn't perform to her standard over the three practices she held this semester.  

https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/grambling-state-volleyball-coach-chelsey-lucas-cuts-entire-19-player-roster-less-than-three-months-into-job/

I've never heard of anything quite like this before.   Or even remotely.  Often, coaches will come in and encourage a couple of players to start looking for another place, but they don't flat out openly cut them.  And especially an entire roster.

It's almost like the other side of the LSU basketball players all hitting the portal.

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"Just as the transfer portal empowers student-athletes," Scott said in a statement, "our coaches are also empowered to make the decisions they deem necessary to advance their programs."

Grambling State athletic communications director Brian Howard also supported Lucas' decision despite saying he was unaware it was coming. He explained it makes sense from a numbers perspective because 14 or 15 "quality" players may be joining the team soon, leaving little room for returners.

He didn't exactly sugarcoat that message, though. 

"I hate to say out with the old, but in with the new a little bit," Howard said. "Obviously we don't want them to be cut or lose their scholarships or whatever that might be or whatever that might look like. At the end of the day, Coach Lucas has a goal, has a vision. We have a goal as an institution and a vision as well to win, and that's first and foremost."

 

 

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