CPJays wrote:The vast majority of college players will be done when they graduate, why would you want to spend the last 3 or 4 years doing what your passionate about on the bench? For some antiquated principal of "loyalty" that doesn't exist for the coaches?
ChelseaFriar wrote:CPJays wrote:The vast majority of college players will be done when they graduate, why would you want to spend the last 3 or 4 years doing what your passionate about on the bench? For some antiquated principal of "loyalty" that doesn't exist for the coaches?
I think the majority of major conference players can land a job in Europe, Asia, Latin America if they want to keep playing. Not all of them, but a good percent of them. I think that's one of the reasons for transferring. You have to get playing time somewhere if you want to play overseas. And I don't blame them for not wanting to sit on the bench and then taking a 9-5 job after college.
Take the two kids that just signed with SJU, Simon and Clark. Both were highly ranked players who have a good shot at earning money somewhere in the world playing basketball. Smart move for them to not sit on a bench for a Blue Blood.
BEX wrote:Interviewer:" How many of these recruits think they will be stars in the NBA?"
Coach Mack: "All of them."
gtmoBlue wrote:The College Basketball transfers lists are growing. Jeff Goodman sites his list has grown annually over the last 10 years. We have well over 700 kids on the list this season. What are the issues behind this phenomenon? Are there things which can be fixed? Can coaches, councelors, and educators at the HS level educate athletes in terms of decision making skills in order to stop/slow the faulty reasoning, unrealistic expectations, and the helter skelter decision making of these kids?
Seems our conference is really working the transfer market. We are doing pretty good on initial recruits, but seems we
are picking up major talent on the rebound. It appears to be a good thing, but...I am not certain about the long term effects of 700 or more transfers per year. There are obviously problems about...problems with recruit expectations, recruit perceptions, and their "dream situations". Are kids just really deluded and unrealist in their pursuit of college/pro aspirations? Are the salesmen/asst coaches selling a false bill of goods to impressionable kids? Young athletes are moving rapidly - both voluntarily and by way of being let go by their current school(s). Many more schools are developing a revolving door policy - which previously only belonged to the very elite schools. Has the "instant gratification", "what's in it for me" traits of the current generation about to hurt/kill college basketball? Will the need to win by coaches and programs further entrench the current revolving door and transfer supermarket trend?
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