Danuel House making the rules! Go Coogs
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The transfer portal officially opened in October 2018, so kids would have entered after the 2018-2019 season. Can you name more than 3 players that have entered in that period?
Scott Drew is cooking right now
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baylors problem this year was health tho im more interested into see how the kansas schools bounce back
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So the three that get mentioned are Mills, Mark, and Dunn. In addition to that weâve had Cedrick Alley, Brison Gresham, Cam Tyson, Robbie Armbrester, and Kiyron Powell transfer.
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*Ronnie Johnson â> Auburn
*Gabe Grant â> Buffalo
*Mike Adewunmi â> SIUE, UTRGV
*LJ Rose â> BYU
Yah I was just giving him the transfers weâve had since 2018. Definitely was a few more in the early years. Still not that bad compared to what most programs have dealt with over the last 7-8 years.
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I think we have the best roster retention in college basketball. Weâre very fortunate.
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The latter ones you listed transferred for more playing time and the staff helped them find places to play.
The first few you mentioned did not transfer for PT really, but they did not seem to fit the culture that CKS has establishedâŠâŠIMO.
And Brison just used that extra year so he could get his Masters across the street. Wasnât about bball.
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I donât necessarily think you guys will have turnover, but this statement is premature. Your season isnât even over yet.
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This doesnât address the issue or the problem, like at all.
Itâs so pointless Iâm not even sure why they wasted time on it.
Pretty sure he was talking about over the last 7-8 years.
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They SHOULD step in but I will also be the first to say that it likely wonât happen.
I think the idea of the âAmerican Wayâ has been perverted (Iâm not necessarily saying by you) over time. The origin of that idea was that you could work hard, put in the time, and be rewarded for that hard work. Nothing wrong with that. But the last 2-3 decades, weâve seen that idea transform into âeveryone deserves to be richâ, like itâs an entitlement more than a goal. And look? For all the negative connotations about Russian âoligarchsâ, we are seeing that happen, but on a much grander scale here. Gates, Bezos, Elon, EllisonâŠetc. etc.
Basically there is a reason why some industries are regulated. If it was simply about âcapitalismâ we wouldnât have anti-trust laws (that are poorly enforced BTW), or have regulated utilities, which could/would undoubtedly price gauge on things like energy. Iâm not necessary comparing college basketball to those things specifically, but I am in that the idea of âsupply and demandâ and capitalism, are poor mechanisms for college sports. For starters, these are (largely) government institutions of higher learning, non-profits, with the majority of athletes playing in non-revenue sports. Then you have the amount of outside influence, with boosters, agents, âcollectivesâ etc. which really arenât allowed in their equivalency anywhere else in the business/government world. Has that worked? Lol, I donât think anyone would say the landscape of college athletics is better than it used to be. Conference realignments, where the only way they make cent$ is with money. Players transferring every year. Many smaller colleges looking to drop programs because they simply canât compete.
I just think itâs clear college sportsâŠas in the conferences, schools, coaches, and players canât regulate themselves. I also canât surmise a scenario with which paying players (who again derive a lot of their value from the schools themselves) doesnât devolve into a complete cluster****. Look at this messâŠweâve only been in the current âNILâ era, for a year? And itâs not even âname, image, and likenessâ, itâs straight up playing the players.
Thereâs a reason why those NCAA rules existed in the first place. It wasnât about âscrewing the playersâ, it was about people being sensible to know it wasnât really feasible. Want to get paid? Turn pro. Nobody is stopping you.
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Sorry. I was thinking about this year specifically.
With that said, I think history somewhat goes out the window. I expect Houston to do better than most but weâve seen this portal year is absolutely bonkers compared to yearâs past.
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It seems the size of guards has gone for 6-1 to 6-3, to 6-5 to 6-7. Gone are the days of Shead, Rob and Sasser. You can obviously make it in the NBA. but players seem bigger, starting with Duke.
With a cap, the under the table money comes back into play.
Alabama:
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miami and louisville looking like they are top NIL spenders this year
Damien Dunn ended up being a really bad fitâŠdefinitely one of the misses from CKS & his staff when he says theyâve had few misses.
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