2021 Transfer Portal Thread

[KCKUKFan]

Kyle Tucker backed up what I’ve heard for a while: BBN’s bad behavior ran off Hunter Sallis. He was coming to UK until we showed our asses this season.

There are a lot of morons in this fanbase.

[Joneslab]

Kyle Tucker backed up what I’ve heard for a while: BBN’s bad behavior ran off Hunter Sallis. He was coming to UK until we showed our asses this season.

I often wonder how many of our fans reach out to the players and their families on social media and we never know about it.

A good rule of thumb as a fan is to never, ever, and I mean never tweet, Facebook, email, write, or make any personal contact with a player or recruit. Ever.

[Joneslab]

Have you heard if there is a deadline to enter the transfer portal? Coaches would be hesitant to offer a scholarship for fear of a better player deciding to announce.

Should be no deadline as long as the paperwork to enroll in the new school is put in in time. I don't see why there would be. A person can leave a college at any point and enroll somewhere else.

[George]

Remember the idiot who went after Orton?

“DOES HE HAVE A FACEBOOK??”

[justford]

Should be no deadline as long as the paperwork to enroll in the new school is put in in time. I don't see why there would be. A person can leave a college at any point and enroll somewhere else.

I understand that but how would a coach know to offer one player if another better player is rumored to be entering the portal? Seems a deadline to enter for the 21-22 season would be make sense.

[KCKUKFan]

You know that there is a segment of our fanbase who went directly to these players' social media accounts after the kneeling stuff.

To say that there was a lack of respect and empathy is being kind.

[Joneslab]

I understand that but how would a coach know to offer one player if another better player is rumored to be entering the portal? Seems a deadline to enter for the 21-22 season would be make sense.

Same thing happens every year though. This is the risk you run when you're in the game of recruiting players. We've been in several situations in the past where our roster looked filled but a better player opened up his recruitment or decided to transfer, but we had no space. Doesn't happen nearly as much with Cal because Cal is always operating below the scholarship limit.

The whole thing was built to make it easier for players. Slapping a deadline on it defeats the purpose of why they did it this way.

[Joneslab]

You know that there is a segment of our fanbase who went directly to these players' social media accounts after the kneeling stuff.

Yes. And I would say some of that correspondence was not pretty at all.

Have no idea if that's what Sallis (or his family) objected to, but I can see it.

[Lighthouse]

Short rant:

Whoever came up with the “transfer portal” should be reprimanded. It serves to celebrate and imo even encourage athletes to switch programs, helps provide the footing for a second recruitment, and frankly helps erode any hope of continuity these teams ever had.

Free agency, all of the time.

The current transfer rule is just further evidence of how the great game of basketball is slowly being ruined. Put it back that way it was, retrain officials, remove the monitor, make a one and done impossible and we will enjoy basketball again.

[justford]

Same thing happens every year though. This is the risk you run when you're in the game of recruiting players. We've been in several situations in the past where our roster looked filled but a better player opened up his recruitment or decided to transfer, but we had no space. Doesn't happen nearly as much with Cal because Cal is always operating below the scholarship limit.

The whole thing was built to make it easier for players. Slapping a deadline on it defeats the purpose of why they did it this way.

I understand what you are saying but players have a deadline to withdraw from the NBA draft so isn’t having a deadline for entering the portal reasonable?

[40bill]

i think the transfer rule was largely due to a coach can pack up and leave any time they want for a better job or if they get fired. The player they recruited and built those relationships we always hear about is either stuck where they are or had to sit a year. Yes, of course Will had a great point that if a kid doesnt make the big show quick enough they just go somewhere they can....but we still have to face the reality that with these player transfer rules there is no guarantee that the person that recruited and promised his family he would be looked after will be there when he shows up to college....if he signs an LOI.

[Joneslab]

I understand what you are saying but players have a deadline to withdraw from the NBA draft so isn’t having a deadline for entering the portal reasonable?

Not really. They should be allowed to leave anytime they want. They aren’t indentured servants.

I think the one-year sit rule is a good one but don’t mind them waiving it this year. It’s going to lead to some wild rosters though, including ours.

[40bill]

The football thing is already happening big time ... just a couple weeks ago 120 kids in the transfer portal and a bunch were quarterbacks. The last 2 years it was transfers that led teams to the playoffs. It definitely does open the door for the rich to get richer.

[justford]

Not really. They should be allowed to leave anytime they want. They aren’t indentured servants.

I think the one-year sit rule is a good one but don’t mind them waiving it this year. It’s going to lead to some wild rosters though, including ours.

Never said they were indentured servants. I am speaking in regards to roster numbers and scholarships. How are schools and coaches expected to make a offer without knowing if some better player is going to become available the next day or the next week or the next month. My point is if a player is considering transferring, why not have a date to declare so schools can decide on which players to pursue??

Is there a limit on how many times a player can transfer?

[Blue Heaven]

You know that there is a segment of our fanbase who went directly to these players' social media accounts after the kneeling stuff.

To say that there was a lack of respect and empathy is being kind.

Unfortunately stupidity is not a crime.