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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdude, post: 5263872, member: 13168"] I am hopeful that after a few seasons of this, things will settle down. In the past, the very best players went to the very best schools right out of high school, and I think this will still be the case. Wooden never had a problem recruiting the sort of player he wanted, nor does Geno. They promise nothing, but deliver everything. Players either get that or they don't. Conversely, if you're a player that needs a year or two to develop, you'll get noticed wherever you are. I absolutely believe that had Morrow stayed at DePaul, she would still have gotten drafted exactly where she was. As Bob Dylan said, "You don't find yourself, you make yourself." If you're a driven kid, and assuming you have the talent, you'll get discovered and find your way to the career you want. Jumping programs won't make that any easier, as very quickly coaches will realize that if the player isn't that invested in the concept of team, then they won't be that invested in the player's future, so no one ends up winning. You get coaches thinking of players as a plug-and-play tool, inserted into a role.."Listen kid, go get rebounds..I have scorers. What, you want to score to impress the scouts? Should have thought about that with your first or second teams." Fans will lose interest in the programs and the kids, and the WNBA doesn't want disinterested fans. Clark and Bueckers are the phenomenon they are in part because they stuck with the team they started with and developed their own fan base. Too much jumping around and the viewership drops, so does the potential NIL cash, and the game settles back in to what it was 20 years ago. [/QUOTE]

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