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Legendary1

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I may be alone on this but...
Every time we land a transfer portal kid (Martell, Bolden, Hill, etc), I feel pretty much just as happy as when we land a highly rated high school kid. Am I alone on this? I know that a team can’t rely completely on it but it does seem like a great supplemental opportunity.
 
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When you have to fill the holes of the last staffs recruiting mistakes and you are adding quality frontline players, I’m all for it. Bolden is a difference maker. Martell is a difference maker. Hill is a difference maker. Osborn is twice the player Cager will ever be. UCLA transfer will provide depth which we were lacking at DT. This roster is going to be twice as good as what we had and I’m expecting big things starting this year.
 
It's a question of need and value. If the player fits the need and he brings value to the team, then (even though it may be a 1 year deal) he builds an important foundation for the team, and his place in The U is very beneficial to/in the short & long run.
 
I like the portal. These aren't players that they're projecting will be good, for the most part. They've proven they were, against college competition, and not just going against physically outmatched kids in high school. They vet them, from what Diaz has said, to see why they're leaving, and there's really no question marks on the players they've taken so far.
 
Legendary1 said:
I may be alone on this but...
Every time we land a transfer portal kid (Martell, Bolden, Hill, etc), I feel pretty much just as happy as when we land a highly rated high school kid. Am I alone on this? I know that a team can’t rely completely on it but it does seem like a great supplemental opportunity.
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Easily, the best part is the majority of them can help right away in areas of need. We're trying to get to a certain place, if these guys help us get there then I'm all for it.
 
Legendary1 said:
I may be alone on this but...
Every time we land a transfer portal kid (Martell, Bolden, Hill, etc), I feel pretty much just as happy as when we land a highly rated high school kid. Am I alone on this? I know that a team can’t rely completely on it but it does seem like a great supplemental opportunity.
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Absolutely
 
What grade would you give the staff if you take into account who we have coming in from high school as well as who we are bringing in from the portal?
 
We should be treating the portal like we would the regular recruiting process. We go after kids, recruit them, the ones that sign we are happy for and evaluate. The ones we don't sign go somewhere else.
Just as the JUCO path is another avenue to gaining players, the portal is a new avenue to bring in new players to the program.
 
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You're usually getting a kid with at least some (sometimes a lot) of actual college level film and experience so it's a lotttttt easier to gauge what we're actually getting vs what we're hoping to get with a 17/18 yr old. I definitely like that aspect of it. Especially when you're addressing immediate needs with it.
 
In a world where regular HS recruiting is stacked against schools like Miami, this is a new way of getting solid talent in the door and letting the chips fall where they may. Miami has found a new way to get around the crap that is modern HS recruiting and for that I'm happy. That said, Miami has to keep finding new ways to innovate, because you know this loophole will be closed in short order, if today's SEC reaction was any indication. There's a reason why people like Luginbill and others are so against the portal. The portal ensures that teams like Alabama can't stack talent in perpetuity, guys now have legitimate options. Free agency in college athletics would be great, especially when one considers how the schools with real things to sell outside of "Here's a booster bucket on your front porch" are being screwed over in the current paradigm.
 
Motivation. At least for the grad transfer portal guys, this is like a contract year showcase for an NFL career...gonna be a lot more motivation and effort...seriously doubt we are gonna see K.J. Osborn starring in SnapChat porno vids.
 
Its always about winning now in college football. A 4th/5th year senior gives you a MUCH greater chance to win now over a true freshman. This isnt pro sports where your sacrificing, trading your young talent for old veterans jeopardizing your future. Its college football where you can bring in a whole new wave of new recruits every year. Transfers give us the best chance to win now. And that gets me hype! We can do some amazing things this year
 
Canesfan0024 said:
When you have to fill the holes of the last staffs recruiting mistakes and you are adding quality frontline players, I’m all for it. Bolden is a difference maker. Martell is a difference maker. Hill is a difference maker. Osborn is twice the player Cager will ever be. UCLA transfer will provide depth which we were lacking at DT. This roster is going to be twice as good as what we had and I’m expecting big things starting this year.
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Its not just mistakes made. Our kids bolt at the first chance to get drafted, leaving us with a perpetually young team. With transfers, we can have a team loaded with age and experience again.
 
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Legendary1 said:
I may be alone on this but...
Every time we land a transfer portal kid (Martell, Bolden, Hill, etc), I feel pretty much just as happy as when we land a highly rated high school kid. Am I alone on this? I know that a team can’t rely completely on it but it does seem like a great supplemental opportunity.
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I agree with reservations. First off, I love how Manny has utilized it. A+ to him and his staff. Manny did it best. Manny did it best first. Next year, either the NCAA fuggs it up because it's Us that won using it, or SEC,etc teams add a tremendous number of support staff specifically to work the portal.
 
Legendary1 said:
What grade would you give the staff if you take into account who we have coming in from high school as well as who we are bringing in from the portal?
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I’d give them an “A”, considering where they started from and the ones they may still get.
 
TheEye said:
Its not just mistakes made. Our kids bolt at the first chance to get drafted, leaving us with a perpetually young team. With transfers, we can have a team loaded with age and experience again.
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But you have to factor that. It was head scratching we only signed Jon Ford at DT that year going into the next year knowing both DTs could bolt. Should both have gone to the NFL, **** no but you know there was a chance. Then they only signed 2 last year with Nesta and Miller. Imagine if the linebackers bolted, we’d be short in numbers there as well. Richt is a clown and not intuned to the times.
 
I honestly am more excited over proven impact players than young question marks. I’ve been kind of meh with recuits since Sam Bruce. I thought the dude was going to be Santana Moss reincarnated only to blow it in the offseason.

These portal transfers come with:
Leadership☑
Experience☑
Chip on their shoulder☑

Give me that trifecta any day.
 
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