Today's culture of transfers

[intlzncster]

I don't really know what your talking about. Jumping to what?

Jumping to no wait period = jumping to the conclusion that he was talking about 'not having to sit out a year' before the idea it was even brought up in the thread.

 

[intlzncster]

IMO it falls back on how kids view the recruiting process: they look at how sweet your gym is, what shoes you get, how bright are your alternate uniforms are, how much the booster puts in the duffle bag. They don't care about how they fit into the program and coaches tell them whatever they wanna hear. Do a little research and ask the right questions and every player won't be looking to leave after their freshman year.

Kids leave for playing time all the time. The issue is kids think they are way better than they are coming out of AAU. Elevated comp separates the wheat from the chaff.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

What has to fall back on the kids?

Evaluating if they fit at that school and what they hope their role to be. Do they wanna star on a bad team, ride the pine and go to 4 final fours, etc. If a coach says you have to compete for playing time and you're not competing you're not gonna play, don't bail to a crappier team.

 

[auror]

Actually, what I take away from this is that JuCo transfers have decreased somewhat, but transfers from one 4-year program to another are up almost 50% relative to 10 years ago. That's what everyone has noticed.

And it would probably be even higher if you include the last 2 years.

Begs the question if it's an inverse relationship to some extent with JUCO or a coincidence.

 

[traitor71]

I don't see the problem. Coaches leave at will for the "best situation", why not players?

I have no opinion as to it being a problem or not. I'm merely stating the reality of it and saying we should never be surprised about it. Hell, down here in South Florida kids jump from team to team in pop warner and pee wee football, so nothing ever surprises me.