UConn Outbound Transfers for 8/1/23>7/31/24 Cycle

[PlayItLeo]

I wonder if even a modestly successful season would have encouraged some guys to stick around, or if these are all 100% NIL-based transfers no matter what our record was. IMO, as soon as the PAT got blocked against Utah State and we became 0-5, the rest of the season effectively became a 7-week audition for larger programs to poach the remaining talent.

 

[JohnFSilver]

So Joly is the one Tennessee came after?

He played too well here. He is getting recruited out of here to a bigger place. That’s the fate of almost every non top 10 school.

Duke lost its QB, probably to ND. What ya gonna do?

 

[HuskyAlum012]

Tennesee throwing him the bag. We cannot compete with SEC money.

 

[JohnFSilver]

I wonder if even a modestly successful season would have encouraged some guys to stick around, or if these are all 100% NIL-based transfers no matter what our record was. IMO, as soon as the PAT got blocked against Utah State and we became 0-5, the rest of the season effectively became a 7-week audition for larger programs to poach the remaining talent.

Nope. They were all gonna leave if someone wants them.

 

[tayjlaw]

So Joly is the one Tennessee came after?

What is the back story here? Sorry if I missed it. I see a ton of comments on this Insta from TN fans…

 

[mikedog10]

I may try Trinity football next year.
17 - 1 last 2 years. Score about 45 points per game.
No Tickets. Free. Just show up and take a seat.

My “little” cousin just wrapped up his playing career there… I have been attending Trinity games on weekends that UConn is away, and I love it!

The tailgating is about a hundred yards from the gate. At halftime, you can walk out and fire up the grill for some quick burgers/dogs/beers between halfs… it’s an awesome experience!

 

[PlayItLeo]

Nope. They were all gonna leave if someone wants them.

If so, that makes me feel a little better.

 

[ZooCougar]

If D'Amelio was talking to JJ as someone mentioned here, and still couldn't convince him to stay, seems we could be in a bigger hole than even Mora assumes.

Pretty sure Joly going into the portal is what set Mora off a few weeks ago.

Joly has been getting hounded by Tennessee fans on Twitter for a while.

Tampering for sure.

 

[JohnFSilver]

If so, that makes me feel a little better.

It is free agency every year. You develop players for other places. The roster gets picked clean every year. We have to assume we are guy g to lose every good player with eligibly left. There is no more 4year players.

 

[mikedog10]

What is the back story here? Sorry if I missed it. I see a ton of comments on this Insta from TN fans…

When the Huskies went down to Knoxville, they got absolutely beat all around and Joly was about the only one to have a good game/look like he belonged on the field with the Vols.

 

[JohnFSilver]

And, it happens on hooos side. We took Cam Spencer away from Rutgers.

 

[RedStickHusky]

Hard not to wish him every success; he's earned it - but this one hurts. He seems to have forgotten one of his coaches, no?

 

[ZooCougar]

I’m glad he played out the season and played hard. He’s transferring for the right reasons IMO.

 

[mikedog10]

Hard not to wish him every success; he's earned it - but this one hurts. He seems to have forgotten one of his coaches, no?

Time to move Marinelli to OC?

 

[ZooCougar]

Time to move Marinelli to OC?

Time to move someone’s pet goldfish to OC.

 

[Skies2018]

Joly is a tough one to swallow. With Haynes and Mitchell graduating, there’s really just a lack of true raw talent on the team currently. I hope we’re able to plug some holes in the portal but it’s going to be a blood bath.

 

[UCMB88]

I know they get paid a lot of money, but I don't know how coaches get juiced up for recruiting any more when they know full well maybe up to 50% or more of the players they sign are not going to stay with the program. Especially at UConn. If a player has even a moderate amount of success, they can jump in the portal, get paid, and perhaps move on to a P4 program. Hypothetical - Wellliver comes here, earns the starting nod at QB and has a great year. He ain't sticking around if the P4's start sniffing and waiving the $$$.

 

[WrenchFan69]

I know they get paid a lot of money, but I don't know how coaches get juiced up for recruiting any more when they know full well maybe up to 50% or more of the players they sign are not going to stay with the program. Especially at UConn. If a player has even a moderate amount of success, they can jump in the portal, get paid, and perhaps move on to a P4 program. Hypothetical - Wellliver comes here, earns the starting nod at QB and has a great year. He ain't sticking around if the P4's start sniffing and waiving the $$$.

I'm already thinking about which he'll transfer to after his slightly above average true freshman season for us

 

[Brochacho]

I know they get paid a lot of money, but I don't know how coaches get juiced up for recruiting any more when they know full well maybe up to 50% or more of the players they sign are not going to stay with the program. Especially at UConn. If a player has even a moderate amount of success, they can jump in the portal, get paid, and perhaps move on to a P4 program. Hypothetical - Wellliver comes here, earns the starting nod at QB and has a great year. He ain't sticking around if the P4's start sniffing and waiving the $$$.

Change our recruiting approach. Don’t sell them on NFL or NIL. Sell them on the playing time to get NIL bags via the portal. In the era of NIL and the transfer portal this is what the uconn program will always be - even if we go P4. Might as well embrace and maximize it.

 

[Scoe]

The portal is gross no public bathrooms are this disgusting.

 

[UCFBfan]

It is free agency every year. You develop players for other places. The roster gets picked clean every year. We have to assume we are guy g to lose every good player with eligibly left. There is no more 4year players.

It's basically become minor league level football for the bigger conferences. Develop kids, they have a great season, then throw big money at them and poof, their gone and we're left with nothing. I don't think any amount of money would have kept him from going to a SEC program where he will likely get PT. The exposure alone is worth it. The money doesn't hurt either!

It's getting ridiculous that you almost don't want a kid to get too good because you know they won't be here the following season....just not the way it should be.

It does support the idea that you need to nail the transfer market for a team like us. Losing your best players every year makes it vital to restock with similar players who are talented or to have a stockpile waiting.

 

[BigTenFan]

A few hundred thousand dollars in NIL money just not going to move the UConn football needle. That money should be spread around to mens, women's BB and some Olympic sports. That is the new reality in D1 sports- more specifically football

 

[CL82]

I no longer know what we're chasing,

Me either, but it has to be something. Competency? Fielding a team that's entertaining to watch?

 

[ZooCougar]

A few hundred thousand dollars in NIL money just not going to move the UConn football needle. That money should be spread around to mens, women's BB and some Olympic sports. That is the new reality in D1 sports- more specifically football

Men’s and WBB already have their own NIL money. Why should football hand over their money?

I don’t get you people at all.

 

[Gburyhusky]

To remain a fan we will need to adjust our view of the sport and our expectations. This same dynamic is playing out now at just about every school. Unless you are in the upper echelon of the sport (say 30 or so programs) you will be losing your best players each year and will need to reconfigure your roster. This is the reality for just about everyone, so the "woe is UConn" takes are not fair. We are in the same boat as just about everybody else in the G5. We can be successful if we have coaches who are able to navigate this new era.