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Manny and the Canes may have had the best 2019 of any Program not situated in Death Valley because, unlike Mark Richt, Coach Diaz recognizes that the College game has become very much like the NFL in the past year with the introduction of the Transfer Portal.
The bidding war over Jalen Hurts was a prime example of how players (and let's be clear, their unofficially hired agents who are guiding them) have been empowered by new NCAA regulations that ease transfer rules for players while allowing one institution to pick up the football scholarship that had been carried by the previously attended university. The new rules also cut down on the ability of the Nick Sabans of this world to treat their players as indentured servants. Saban was notorious for penalizing his guys when they tried to transfer.
Diaz recognized that the deficiencies in Richt’s recruiting game could be compensated for in this way. Clearly he is looking at the Transfer Portal the way NFL Coaches look at Free Agents. Because that’s what these kids have suddenly become: FA’s.
This makes it very, very important for coaches like Diaz (among others) to keep this Program wound up at a Playoffs or Near-Playoffs level every year. People don’t have to stay here. They can go to Trailerhassee if that program starts doing real well. Or UGA. Or Clemson. Coaches will start poaching players from troubled programs (this may be why Saban is moving quickly to clean house). So while we are benefiting from this new environment, the Program must produce results at a high level. These kids will go elsewhere if victories don’t happen. Because now they can.
The bidding war over Jalen Hurts was a prime example of how players (and let's be clear, their unofficially hired agents who are guiding them) have been empowered by new NCAA regulations that ease transfer rules for players while allowing one institution to pick up the football scholarship that had been carried by the previously attended university. The new rules also cut down on the ability of the Nick Sabans of this world to treat their players as indentured servants. Saban was notorious for penalizing his guys when they tried to transfer.
Diaz recognized that the deficiencies in Richt’s recruiting game could be compensated for in this way. Clearly he is looking at the Transfer Portal the way NFL Coaches look at Free Agents. Because that’s what these kids have suddenly become: FA’s.
This makes it very, very important for coaches like Diaz (among others) to keep this Program wound up at a Playoffs or Near-Playoffs level every year. People don’t have to stay here. They can go to Trailerhassee if that program starts doing real well. Or UGA. Or Clemson. Coaches will start poaching players from troubled programs (this may be why Saban is moving quickly to clean house). So while we are benefiting from this new environment, the Program must produce results at a high level. These kids will go elsewhere if victories don’t happen. Because now they can.
