FreePawn
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Matt Shodell has been harping on about this, and he has a point. The background is that kids only get one "free" (=no sit out for a year) transfer:
1) the next couple of years we are going to be up against the 85 cap hard;
2)taking transfers that aren't bonafide studs and are underclassmen will put us in a predicament because they can't transfer out again....the reason being that, while there isn't even enough room for all the first time transfers in the portal, second-timers who have to sit out a year are going to be at an even more massive disadvantage when it comes to finding a landing spot, bordering on the impossible;
3) thus college coaches will be under enormous moral/ethical pressure not to force out former transfers who have not graduated yet but are surplus to requirements/blocking a spot for a freshman;
4) Miami will want to sign 25 kids each in the next two cycles (both loaded in SoFla, which will be the basis of Cristobals hopefully championship teams), but will have to jettison approx 28 non-seniors in order to do so.
This would explain why Cristobal isn't going after every Tom, **** and Harry out there.
What Shodell misses (this reasoning was why he criticised the Parrish take) is this: a kid like Parrish, who would have a very hard time transferring out, is a perfect depth piece. Solid but not good enough to displace/scare away other backs, but "stuck" here now because of the transfer rules.
1) the next couple of years we are going to be up against the 85 cap hard;
2)taking transfers that aren't bonafide studs and are underclassmen will put us in a predicament because they can't transfer out again....the reason being that, while there isn't even enough room for all the first time transfers in the portal, second-timers who have to sit out a year are going to be at an even more massive disadvantage when it comes to finding a landing spot, bordering on the impossible;
3) thus college coaches will be under enormous moral/ethical pressure not to force out former transfers who have not graduated yet but are surplus to requirements/blocking a spot for a freshman;
4) Miami will want to sign 25 kids each in the next two cycles (both loaded in SoFla, which will be the basis of Cristobals hopefully championship teams), but will have to jettison approx 28 non-seniors in order to do so.
This would explain why Cristobal isn't going after every Tom, **** and Harry out there.
What Shodell misses (this reasoning was why he criticised the Parrish take) is this: a kid like Parrish, who would have a very hard time transferring out, is a perfect depth piece. Solid but not good enough to displace/scare away other backs, but "stuck" here now because of the transfer rules.
