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Secrets of the college basketball transfer portal: Rampant tampering, back-channel deals and 'a f---ed-up cycle'
“It’s not the head coach. It’s some AAU coach calling you up and saying, ‘Hey, my guy at UConn is unhappy. Would you be interested?’ And what are you supposed to say? You say no and they go down the list. So you say something like, keep us in mind. There are days, your phone rings and you see the number and you know what it is. It’s like, oh, man, I do not want to take this call. But assistants or actual coaches doing it? I’d be really disappointed if that was the case.”
Dont want to speculate who is being referenced here, but this is definitely something that has changed in the college landscape, and you hope the culture of your team can help curve some of this from happening, but no program is bulletproof.
“It’s not the head coach. It’s some AAU coach calling you up and saying, ‘Hey, my guy at UConn is unhappy. Would you be interested?’ And what are you supposed to say? You say no and they go down the list. So you say something like, keep us in mind. There are days, your phone rings and you see the number and you know what it is. It’s like, oh, man, I do not want to take this call. But assistants or actual coaches doing it? I’d be really disappointed if that was the case.”
Dont want to speculate who is being referenced here, but this is definitely something that has changed in the college landscape, and you hope the culture of your team can help curve some of this from happening, but no program is bulletproof.