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Message: [QUOTE="BRS24, post: 5294869, member: 197"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6414407/2025/06/10/uconn-south-carolina-womens-basketball-nil-house-settlement/[/URL] [INDENT][I]“Coaches are questioning, obviously: Is it even worth it to be in this business? What are we doing? What are we doing if we can’t build a program and you’re starting from scratch every year to build a team without any rules around it?” one power conference coach said. “What are we doing? And why are we doing it?”[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]“I have to change. I have to pivot and plan for 50 percent attrition,” another power conference coach added. “Time will tell if you can build a program (in this era). If I can’t build a program, I’m not going to be doing it very long.”[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]“If I can keep the kid for two years,” one said, “I feel like I’ve won the lottery.”[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]This attrition has had a ripple effect on how college coaches prioritize high school recruiting. Many staff chose not to send multiple (or any) coaches on the road this offseason for the first high school recruiting evaluation period, valuing hosting immediate impact players over seeing talent who wouldn’t be on campus for a few years.[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]That signals a significant shift in the overall recruiting philosophy. Five years ago, the lifeblood of almost every program was high school recruiting. Now, the portal offers another option. Multiple coaches said that their focus on high school recruits has decreased from 95-100 percent of their recruiting efforts to somewhere between 50-70 percent. Nearly 80 power conference freshmen transferred this offseason, so coaches also realize that bringing in a freshman doesn’t necessarily mean stability.[/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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