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Message: [QUOTE="RuffRuff, post: 5354470, member: 1268"] I hope you realize the downside to Player A in the portal era? There is much higher risk in a freshman, for many reasons. Also look at it from the players angle. Does a Silas Demary have a better chance at continued development at Georgia or at Uconn? Where was Tarris Reed going to have a better chance to develop? There is a refusal to acknowledge that the portal affords very good player the opportunity to transfer up to programs that help them develop more rapidly, where they can contribute to real winning and become great players. Why take on the risk when you don't have to? Please answer that one. A staff hasn't been able to evaluate them against the level they're at. They may not develop at the rate needed to contribute. They may want more time than you want to give them. They may declare for the draft on potential before they can contribute meaningfully. You take on the risk that they transfer out. Why take on all that risk when you don't have to? Why feel forced to play a kid at a critical position as a freshman? Any freshmen that can get a lot of time their freshmen year at PG (DP) will be looking for a brinks truck of NIL. Hurley likes to distribute that more conservatively and equitably. Better bet to provide what we need this year, Demary or Nowell? Perfect example. If you look at his HS tape, Nowell was able to bully HS kids, then gets to the college level and his handle is loose and he can't defend. [/QUOTE]

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