As it was to me. But, page 16 of the Coaching Openings thread shed new light on the subject:
They are dropping down to division 3 by 2025 and the team has been on a steady decline for awhile
My guess is the change from D1 to D3 and any scholarship ramifications or just the desire to play D1?
Dang, Raoul must have deleted it quick.
If you listen to the entire interview (it is quite long), I think the point is more nuanced than this. Basically, Graves said that, given last year, he had decided that using the portal negatively impacted incoming freshmen (in essence recruiting over them after they had already signed), thus making the freshmen more likely to transfer and so starting the cycle all over again. (Thus the comments in the screen shot.) However, he also stated that he wasn't sure that this was in fact the right way to proceed and used Arizona as an alternative model (lots of transfers both in and out of the portal + a substantial incoming class). That model may, he continued, prove to be the way to go, but, for this year, he's decided to try another approach.
Kei is going to start for OR next year.
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I'm hoping she does not. Not if she will make Stanford better.
C'mon Utah Ute coach Roberts. If Gonzales is interested this would be a no-brainer! Its a two-fer: pick up a star guard and sock it to your school nemesis in one "Swoop."
Yes, since she didn't enter the portal by the May 1 deadline. After 2 years at JUCO, she transferred to Texas. But, that doesn't count as far as using her one-time transfer exemption. I'd imagine she'll have no problems getting a waiver since it's only been like 6 weeks since that May deadline.
There’s a reason for setting a deadline. They set the deadline and the consequences for not meeting that deadline. Unless there’s a head coach change their should be no waivers, IMO.
Perhaps. To me, they set the deadline to decrease the number of waiver requests they'd have to review; no way they expected to eliminate them completely. I don't see "consequences" as some kind of punishment just because a player entered the portal 6 weeks after the deadline which would have guaranteed the one-time transfer exemption. Despite the May 1 deadline, waivers for immediate eligibility can still be submitted, and approved or denied; that process remains in place for a reason.
I'd be so hyped about this. Even though I'm a UConn fan. Seems like a really great fit. Learn from a GOAT. Play with some great players as well. Go to AZ a couple times a year during conference play. Potentially stay two years and get a grad degree from Stanford.
