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Message: [QUOTE="Rich, post: 4315264, member: 9018"] My read on Floyd and Diggins is this: Hurley challenged the two of them like they've likely not been challenged before, and they both made a decision that they could receive substantial playing time elsewhere without having to run through some 'prove it' system that does not [I]award [/I]playing time so much as it [I]rewards [/I]playing time. Whether they are successful in their respective quests remains to be seen. I think it's a fair assumption to make that the head coaches at both UMASS and PC are under substantial pressure to win and neither will have the time nor patience to deal with transfers walking in with a sense of absolute entitlement. We'll see how this turns out. But I think it's fair to say both guys are gonna need to make sure they're coming to their new homes with a substantial attitude adjustment else the result will be exactly the same (e.g. Javonte Brown-Ferguson's playing time/complete and utter lack thereof at TAMU). IMO this is one of the potential 'curse' sides of the transfer portal at the recruit level-even if you're not a five star recruit, you can take action to [I]exert similar leverage[/I] as a 5-star recruit-'You better play me, coach, because I'm one of the best here (points to rankings) and if you don't think so I'll find at least 10 others that do.' Had this been me, I like to think I would have stuck and stayed and made it pay. But I don't know what voices these dudes have in their ears, either, telling them they're too good to sit etc. Separately - and this is the weird stuff I get up to on idle weekends - how awesome would it be if a coach, after a 5 game or so losing streak, put their name in the transfer portal? It would be a gag obviously but you want to talk about something that could completely break the tension that's be it. Create a whole separate profile, etc. I'd love to see it. [/QUOTE]

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