Football is really different. Massive roster size (NCAA allows 105, 85 is minimum) means the big schools dramatically over-recruit. NFL rosters are 53. So there will be many kids who never play that can now transfer down and out.
If you look at my post history you know I'm being sarcastic. I'm horrified if he is the person that will be given the keys to run the team. I don't mind him in Point forward position like D-ham but I want a real PG who can create for other while keeping defenders honest by looking for their own shot.
Well, yeah, we went with Gaffney because we couldn’t go Wong.
So what you're saying is that it should benefit us?
I mean I just simply disagree. I think he’s in a much better position as a distributor than us relying on him as a scoring wing.
I get that. But I don't think a school would offer a guy they didn't think could play there. They may not be the first choice, but should work as the 2nd or 3rd option.
We still have Andrew Hurley!
The portal is two bins. It used to mostly just be the 1 (except for rare cases when a coach got promoted or whatever), because strong players usually didn't want to sit out. But now it is a "Discount Bin" and a "Now Featuring" bin.
Jackson has PG attributes, like vision. But he's lacking PG skill and experience in a couple areas. He doesn't have the handle or savvy running a pick and roll, for one. That's one of the main things our roster is currently lacking and developing PnR reads is generally a skill built up over lots of repetition and instinct, so unlikely to develop over one summer. It also relies on a foundation of ballhandling and driving, which is not his forte either.
“Not a huge surprise,“ in retrospect? Or did you believe this was coming, say, 3 days ago, i.e., pre-Diggins transfer?
Jacksons handle needs a lot of work to be a primary ball handler. He can be a nice point forward along side a primary ball handler in a Daniel Hamilton type role, but he can’t handle a tough man to man D. Nor can he cross over someone or take his man one on one.
While I agree with this, there is concern that Gaffney didn’t develop at all in 3 years (in fact got worse over time) and that it seems we badly mis-evaluated Sool.
Interesting take. Not saying it's wrong. What happens to a guy like Gaff if he finds no one is interested? Does he ask UCONN if he can return? Can they say no? I assume they can. Does he lose his scholarship at some point? I assume he would.
To be clear he never specified how many shoes.
Scholarships are technically year to year at the school’s option. Calhoun would notoriously tell players in the end of the year group team meeting who needed to transfer.
Yes, you do one on one sit downs with each player. You recap the last year, you talk about what they need to improve on and give them an assessment of where they stand on the depth chart. The player then has to decide if they want to stay or not. With instant eligibility transfers, more players hit the bricks than ever before. Everyone is on a series of one year contracts. Its the new reality.
No more than about a hundred other programs that lose a couple of transfers each year.
Gaffney not developing is an outlier. Bouknight, Jackson, Sanogo, Whaley, Martin, Polley, Hawkins, Cole, etc all became better players under Hurley. Player development is not a concern at all. Gaffney's best season was against AAC mid major level talent. It's not surprising that he struggled against Big East caliber players. He just was never that good to begin with
We don’t have the 3-4 additional years for all this miraculous development to take place.
Yup - its called Boeheim lite, lol!