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[QUOTE="oldude, post: 4293930, member: 7511"]
I have always felt that bringing in transfers over recruited players presents all kinds of issues for any program.  But your post made me think about an additional consequence of the process.  Coaches that rely heavily on the portal are becoming lazy.

Rather than investing 2+ years to recruit a player out of HS, and then another year or two developing that individual into a capable college basketball player, coaches can spend a couple weeks evaluating experienced college players in the portal, bring a few in, and they’re done.

No coach, not even Tara at Stanford, is immune from the ease of filling a hole in the roster by tapping into the portal.  The problem with that is that many 2nd tier players never fully develop under a system that requires young players to immediately make an impact out of HS or get cast aside.

I think of McCowan at MSSt or Stokes & Chong at UConn.  They all stuck around for 4 years, developed significantly as players, ultimately making it to the pros.  Today, those types of kids are at risk of getting lost among the super seniors and immediately eligible transfers who relegate them to basketball purgatory.
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