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Reading through the last page or so of posts leads me to one conclusion - it must be the recruiting dead period. :eek:;)
 
Chief00 said:
Boom - Article about the 20 who left after 2019 season and I see you distorted my comments about the pandemic. I did not say guys would transfer, I said guys wanted out which was the sentiment from actual conversations. I said “some, of course don’t have other options”. And we “just had 20 guys transfer out”. So you were very deceptive in your false categorization. I said then what I am saying now.
Guys stayed for a whole lot of practical reasons despite their sentiment - after the drain of 20 players - there was playing time available at many positions, some were advancing along in their majors and others had family or friendships etc.
www.courant.com

Nearly 20 UConn football players plan to transfer from the program. Here’s what to know about them.

UConn football continues to lose players. Running back Dante Black and receivers Zavier Scott and Quayvon Skanes announced this week that they plan to transfer from the program, making 19 scholarsh…
www.courant.com www.courant.com
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My take- players from every school leave for a host of reasons that aren’t known to the public. When it’s self induced, teams don’t normally bury a kid in the media and just let it ride. What I also know is that some players leave, not because they’re sour on the program, but because they see the writing on the wall- Coaches deciding to move in a different direction and bring in their own players. Whether that is right, wrong, prudent or not is another debate- bottom line is coaches have the right to color their program as they see fit.

What I believe happened to the program a few years back was the perfect storm consisting of all of the aforementioned. Add that to many years of struggling caused many fans to paint the exodus with one broad stroke. Quite frankly it was easier to do that because of the exhaustion over losing rather then trying to lend credence to other more nuanced factors.

There wasn’t a pivot in recruiting at all. The message has always been the same from Randy- he needed time to rebuild this roster and he knew what states he wanted to target and what body types he needed. In addition, he was going to force continuity amongst the coaching staff and whoever had a different agenda other than Randy’s either left on their own, were jettisoned out or mutually parted ways. Again, we can argue the merits of that another day

Randy has things the way he wants them now and his stick-to-it-tiveness is paying dividends. As in life, when you consistently go at something you want, more often than not it begins to bear fruit. He got rid of whomever he thought he needed to and has one cohesive unit (with some outliers as is always the case). There is one central theme from coaches down to players. When you have 95 percent of your roster bought in those recruiting visits are much more exciting for the recruits because the current players aren’t bashing the program or emitting lukewarm vibes that give families pause.

That’s the big change my friend. Not some pivot strategy that’s being referenced.

Good day gents!
 
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New Canaan High > OL David Siegel held a UConn offer in 2021 prior to reclassifying into a PG year @ Hun School in New Jersey. His recruitment blew up once he landed in NJ:

 
I've read on this board that Randy doesn't recruit CT kids, which I find very hard to believe. Or, is it that CT kids don't want to stay in CT, so he is forced to look elsewhere. Most kids that get recruited by P5 leave the state.
 
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#1 PA Husky Fan said:
I've read on this board that Randy doesn't recruit CT kids, which I find very hard to believe. Or, is it that CT kids don't want to stay in CT, so he is forced to look elsewhere. Most kids that gets recruited by P5 leave the state.
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Just my $.02…

It’s a fallacy… there are probably a dozen plus kids on the current UConn roster alone. You can flip through all the individual recruiting class offer/commit threads on here to see the number of CT kids offered by UConn over the recent years. They’ll never fill a roster concentrating on just CT kids. There is always an in-state Coach that has a “can’t miss kid” that UConn doesn’t show interest in that perpetuates the “UConn doesn’t recruit CT kids” narrative.

I’d agree that the P5 pull has been significant since that designation became a thing…
 
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Connecticut kids have played what ... two games or 4? You have to believe this has effected the scholarship offers at this point in contrast to Florida. Formerly productive ... PA then NY then MA ... are at same levels.

This is the year to harvest pure athletes from CT and MA and LI /upstate NY. Walk on talent could be at the most measurable ... and I opine - NOT that different in quantity as 15 years ago. I bet we can find 5 gems.
 
Watchdog said:
Have you seen any indication the ratings services will recognize transfers in any way? Either as a positive or negative for each team?
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247 has a transfer portal tracker that they go as far as assigning transfer ratings to some players, but I don’t think they have any impact on the yearly recruiting class ranking though.
 
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