It gets darkest before the dawn. I actually see this program turning around and soon. We have rotated plenty of players at these positions and have all or most of the key players back: OL, DL, DB, LB, RB, WR, and TE. The positions where we lose seniors have some good talent waiting to play. Unfortunately, my wish is to have gotten the backup QB snaps this fall. Looks like that isn't going to happen.
The schedule gets tougher but the Hawks do too!
What team have you been watching? Our OL and RB rotate only because of injury, our DL only because of ineptitude across the board. We never substitute at the LB position, and very rarely at WR and DB.
The few kids that have gotten to subsititute in at various points in the season, have seen very limited action, and for whatever reason, never seem to see the field again. This team isn't getting better, it has peaked, and the future is not particularly bright.