Wowwa! He did not say that. He said that about 50% may have been contacted and may know if they are going or what kind of NIL money they will be getting. NIL causes re-recruiting your players if they want them back.
That’s the thing. People are gonna take Hurley’s comment as a negative. But if you’re getting 3 McDonald’s All-Americans plus hitting the portal hard of course this is part of the process.
Think there’s an easy 3-5 who won’t be here next year. Not really hard to picture who.
I have no idea how many will actually leave, but trust me on this….the moment any program or specific player hits a bump in season, someone close to said player(handler,parent, aau coach) is receiving calls w names of schools and nil amount that is available elsewhere. No need to speculate but I can guarantee that there are kids everywhere, including UConn, that have a list of schools and nil value in hand,and many kids already have a foot out the door. It’s the new March madness.
Yup - this is today’s reality. Retention is one of the hardest parts. It’s the kids that aren’t good enough that require instant gratification that must be avoided, as they turn into a season long distraction. And it’s only going to get worse. This is why 611s dream of long term development is ridiculous in today’s world.
Honestly. I think of current roster, we have a solo kid who is 100% certainty that’s staying. i Don’t think people on here understand the amt of money some schools throw at kids and I am very concerned at the poaching potential.
that’s the challenge everywhere. For Danny, this was the first time it was this pronounced. Danny struggled with that as did our on court performance. Kids seem to all be playing more freely now, I wondered what changed? sometimes it’s just clarity.
And yet we aren’t allowed to discuss it on this site
My father used to say the difference between being eccentric and crazy is the amount of money you have
100% is - for the large majority of these kids that have no future monetizing professionally they ate obligated to squeeze every ounce of their collegiate opportunity.
Most times, you enter the portal when you know you are leaving. You don’t have to enter to know your options. That’s the point, these kids already know that.
