2026 Transfer portal

[Bigboote]

Close continuously loses players to the portal. She has no choice but to go to the portal to have a team.

There seem to be coaches who continually lose players and coaches who tend to keep them. I doubt losing so many players is 100% on Coach Close, some of it may be institutional support. But a lot of it is on her, whether it's the players she recruits or how she interacts with them. UCLA is not a Big East team where a good player might leave after two or three years for greener pastures; it's a big university with lots of money in a big-time conference.

I've liked Brenda Frese for some time, but I'm beginning to question her methods since she seems to be running a revolving door.

 

[triaddukefan]

Waltz chimes in…. Idk how you can’t like him

I've had my issues with him in the past, but ive moved on.

 

[JDuro]

Waltz chimes in…. Idk how you can’t like him

Walz response did not make me think better of him. A dickish, brown nosey response imo. He took the bait. Should know better than to answer a reporter's question about a colleague w/o knowing full context and demeanor. I watched Cori's almost 4 min responses to a couple reporter's questions. They were honest and reasonable and wanting to make better that seems everyone and their grandmother knows needs fixing. And no she isn't "contemplating retirement".

Glad we know we don't have to worry about Walz complaining about NIL and the portal

 

[LETTERL]

I think Cori Close is a neat person and it would be interesting to spend an afternoon with her, talking hoops.