Basketball Penn State Basketball Big Man Miles Goodman Enters Transfer Portal

[PurposePitch]

along with the fact these freshman...likely will only play..2 years and leave...funny..my son was at an ID Camp recently for soccer..a D2 Top Tier program..300+ kids from top academies in the country attended..at the end of the camp..though brutal to hear..the Coach was very frank..told the boys..its unlikely..any of you will make this roster or be recruited for a number of reasons 1) you are competing against 21-22 even 23 year olds in the transfer portal coming from other programs ..D1 , overseas...etc..its a different World.2) I'd rather get a seasoned player who can come in right away and compete vs being on the bench....there is no more building Teams through freshman recruits...( football may be an exception)...but a skinny talented frosh playing in the Big10. ? ...again maybe 2 years max for the kid...

This is happening in many sports ... college baseball had their roster spots reduced (but scholarships increased). Of course, many/most programs don't have the funding to take advantage of the increase scholarships, so that potential benefit to the student-athlete is largely wasted ... but they are negatively affected by the roster limits. The result is that college coaches, being the molders of young men and advocates for higher education that they are (end sarcasm), have decided that they're only there to win, and development isn't just secondary - it's not something they want to do at all ... so now the young kids they would formerly take in and develop, have to go lesser D1, D2, D3, Juco or NAIA at first and develop there ... at which point those coaches may finally look at them and bring them on board to help them win.

It's the complete antithesis of what college is supposed to be about, but it's what the common fan lusts after ... and then complains about when they get it.

 

[bison13]

Back during January and February, I mentioned Richard Pitino as a possible replacement because of his previous head coaching experience at Minnesota and the great job that he did at New Mexico. Well, yesterday, he took the Xavier job. Based on this decision, I'd have to believe that he would've have interest in taking a job in the Big 10 if he had been offered.

Also, just since last week, IU, Iowa and Minnesota all have hired new head coaches who have done good to very good jobs at WVU, Drake and Colorado State respectively; things aren't going to gey any easier in the Big 10.

true but in the NIL age there are lots of teams who are great one year and bad the next due to bad chemistry. I dont think its a given that any team in the conference wont have a down year due to it. UMD could really go bad if Willard goes to another school

 

[bcspsu]

true but in the NIL age there are lots of teams who are great one year and bad the next due to bad chemistry. I dont think its a given that any team in the conference wont have a down year due to it. UMD could really go bad if Willard goes to another school

If Willard leaves, I fully expect Maryland to be among the dregs of the Big 10 next season because Queen already has intimated that he'll follow him.

 

[bison13]

If Willard leaves, I fully expect Maryland to be among the dregs of the Big 10 next season because Queen already has intimated that he'll follow him.

Queen will be a lottery pick this year, he's not playing for Willard next year no matter where he goes. Or I will say that it would be the biggest surprise in a long time if he doesnt go. His 'people' in Baltimore want that NBA $ and cache.

 

[psu1969a]

The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Hold on there! That grass may be loco weed.