Transfers - Outbound (8/1/22>7/31/23 cycle)

[JohnFSilver]

oh. I dont take offense. People are allowed opinions and who to say that he doesn’t have a point?

If he interpreted as me being critical of a walk-on choice, well that’s fair game. I didn’t mean it like that.

I just find what walk-ons go through as extreme sometimes.

And, college sports is no joke even at d3 level. May sister played hoops and softball D3 and it was exhausting.

 

[Windham4th]

I had a hard enough time playing intramurals at UCONN. Mostly cause we tended to drink beforehand...

 

[JohnFSilver]

I had a hard enough time playing intramurals at UCONN. Mostly cause we tended to drink beforehand...

Always after.

 

[Punkbo]

Amen on this post. I played one D1 sport and walked on in another one D2. What a lousy existence in both. I hated it. My son then played D3 basketball. He got an “academic” scholarship. He hated it and quit after two years. Playing sports isn’t always fun. You need the right coach, teammates and so much more. I never side with the program over the player when there is an issue. Kids that aren’t in the inner circle get trampled emotionally. It’s awful. There’s politics, favorites, guys that were “recruited” etc. We are all human. Coaches treat a lot of players as sub human.

I’m always disappointed to read something like this because I really enjoyed playing college athletics. My career was neither long nor distinguished, but I truly enjoyed the sport, the camaraderie and the meal money (paid for my beer). I was a walk-on and felt the pain a bit as the recruited players got better treatment, but I thought it was an enjoyable and rewarding life experience.

 

[Patman]

I've talked to enough athletes that a lot of them will chase the sport to the detriment of their education even in cases where it's far wiser to chase the education

So to say a student is going after education first when they find themselves without a place to play I think is hopeful but not realistic when they can find other options.

This does happen but it is also news when a player sticks around.

 

[CL82]

Frankly, shocking how little damage we've suffered by folks entering the portal to date

Don’t do that!

 

[storrsroars]

I had a hard enough time playing intramurals at UCONN. Mostly cause we tended to drink beforehand...

The thing I am embarrassed about from my 2 years of UConn branch baseball was actually looking forward to going to Bonanza after a game.

 

[RC111]

I had a hard enough time playing intramurals at UCONN. Mostly cause we tended to drink beforehand...

Greek friend of mine walked off the field, mid- soccer game, for a cigarette break ... "You Americans run too much because you can't play. And what's with the small fields?" Needless to say, it wasn't our best season.

 

[freescooter]

Greek friend of mine walked off the field, mid- soccer game, for a cigarette break ... "You Americans run too much because you can't play. And what's with the small fields?" Needless to say, it wasn't our best season.

Hey we had a guy on our cross country team who always asked our coach for a drag on his cigarette on the starting line. One of our top guys and we finished 3rd in New England.

 

[huskymedic]

WR Darius Bush transfers to Georgia State

 

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[Luna]

Db’s leaving… makes a lot of sense… we got big time players at that position

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Exit 4]

Best we know - Hayden was a WO like Rosario.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

It's great to see such positive comments about the coaching staff when they leave. Hopefully that indicates players were treated with respect and their departure was mutual.

 

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[Coach J]

Good for him, got himself a ride and an opportunity to play and didn't languish in the portal.

 

[formerlurker]

Good for him, got himself a ride and an opportunity to play and didn't languish in the portal.

Haven't seen him in 3 decades but his old man was a solid guy and I'll root for Jr. the whole way.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Nice landing spot for him. I really hope he sees all the success he deserves.

 

[JohnFSilver]

Good for him, got himself a ride and an opportunity to play and didn't languish in the portal.

That’s how it is done. Got some money for Wagner, which is a nice campus on Staten Island.

 

[Exit 4]

If anyone actually entered the portal this week ahead of the cut off I would expect we would finally hear about it today, or say by Monday.

 

[JohnFSilver]

Kind of stunned UConn hasn’t lost more scholarship guys. That says a lot about the program and at least standard of living and experience of the players up there.

 

[businesslawyer]

Kind of stunned UConn hasn’t lost more scholarship guys. That says a lot about the program and at least standard of living and experience of the players up there.

Agreed. We will lose more eventually, because we have to, but it says that guys being eased out the door would rather stay here and give themselves one more chance to keep their jobs during spring practice than to bail out now and find a landing spot.

 

[Luna]

Kind of stunned UConn hasn’t lost more scholarship guys. That says a lot about the program and at least standard of living and experience of the players up there.

Uconn is a great school.. with a good college vibe…add a great coach and i can see why