2024 Portal Watch

[hhcmatt]

Might as well be an announcement he's entering the portal

 

[AuroranHusker]

3 hours ago, cornfed24-7 said:

I feel the order of diceyness is

1(a) - Brice

1(b) - Mast

3 - Lawrence 

4- Gary

 

Same, actually, I'd clearly have Brice 1st, but yeah, it's the same order.

 

[hhcmatt]

4 hours ago, HB said:

Prolly tired of having to look at Caitlin when Connor brings her around....

 

Hearing he might have left because the coach was sleeping with him mom

[cornfed24-7]

45 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

 

Hearing he might have left because the coach was sleeping with him mom

You're on a roll man

[cornfed24-7]

1 hour ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

Same, actually, I'd clearly have Brice 1st, but yeah, it's the same order.

 

Initially I had it that way. But I kept coming back to the thought if we lose either one of those two guys my optimism for next season plummets. So Mast got a bump

[Faux Mike Peltz]

Wonder why Diop would delay his potential announcement?? 

[Vinny]

1 hour ago, Faux Mike Peltz said:

Wonder why Diop would delay his potential announcement?? 

Seeing who we bring in?

[hhcmatt]

1 hour ago, Faux Mike Peltz said:

Wonder why Diop would delay his potential announcement?? 

 

Lack of lateral quickness 

[49r]

16 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

 

Lack of lateral quickness 

 

[GATA]

I feel like a I’ve said this every year the past few years, but with college athletes basically being free agents every year, my interest level continues to wane. 

 

I’m all for athletes getting paid to their max potential, but the current system is just such a mess. 

[northwillriseagain]

5 minutes ago, GATA said:

I feel like a I’ve said this every year the past few years, but with college athletes basically being free agents every year, my interest level continues to wane. 

 

I’m all for athletes getting paid to their max potential, but the current system is just such a mess. 

You literally cannot have that connection when teams roll over 50%+ of the roster year in and out. It’s what made college sports more watchable. I respect the players that hang around that would have options.

 

 

[HuskerFever]

4 minutes ago, GATA said:

I feel like a I’ve said this every year the past few years, but with college athletes basically being free agents every year, my interest level continues to wane. 

 

I’m all for athletes getting paid to their max potential, but the current system is just such a mess. 

 

You're not alone. I've had conversations with fans of blue bloods like UNC, UCLA, etc. and they're losing interest as well. Spans beyond basketball as well.

 

And I think one part of it is that fans latch onto some of the players who are consistent 3-4 year players for the team. If 90% of the roster changes every single year, the only common thread is the one on the front of the jersey.

 

The number of times I've heard "I don't even know who's on the team anymore" is becoming far too common these days.

[Vinny]

37 minutes ago, GATA said:

I feel like a I’ve said this every year the past few years, but with college athletes basically being free agents every year, my interest level continues to wane. 

 

I’m all for athletes getting paid to their max potential, but the current system is just such a mess. 

All the more reason coaches have to GATA. Every year.

[Swan88]

Everything changes.  That’s a constant—which is on steroids these days. 
In sports, coaches and teams must adjust or fade away.  That’s why the long-standing blue bloods don’t like the new way and are at risk: their old way of prevailing no longer works.  
And that’s one thing I love about what our new athletic director said at his introductory speech: “Today it’s NIL.  Tomorrow it will be something else.”

[tcp]

A's fans in baseball have had to deal with this for years, and you've had a split in their fandom as a result. One chunk of the old fan base has a saying: "you root for the laundry"--meaning the name on the uniform is your true object of allegiance. The other half, of course, begs to differ, pointing out that "laundry doesn't break base stealing records, or hit 40 plus homers in a season, or or or....".

 

I think what you're seeing is essentialyl the same dynamic that began years ago in so-called "small market" professional sports franchises. Likelywith the same result. 

[huskerbill85]

1 hour ago, GATA said:

I feel like a I’ve said this every year the past few years, but with college athletes basically being free agents every year, my interest level continues to wane. 

 

I’m all for athletes getting paid to their max potential, but the current system is just such a mess. 

I guess I'm in the minority here because I think this is fun. Would have been nearly impossible to dramatically improve the roster pre portal days.

[huskerbill85]

Just now, huskerbill85 said:

I guess I'm in the minority here because I think this is fun. Would have been nearly impossible to dramatically improve the roster pre portal days.

* In 1 off season 

[Handy Johnson]

If you were tired of College Sports just pretending to be something other than glorified minor leagues, the Chickens have come Home to Roost. 

[AuroranHusker]

5 hours ago, cornfed24-7 said:

Initially I had it that way. But I kept coming back to the thought if we lose either one of those two guys my optimism for next season plummets. So Mast got a bump

 

Full Mast would be nice to see -- its been mostly Half Mast.

[AuroranHusker]

18 minutes ago, Handy Johnson said:

If you were tired of College Sports just pretending to be something other than glorified minor leagues, the Chickens have come Home to Roost. 

 

Semi-pro ball, that's what I've called it....

 

[cornfed24-7]

6 hours ago, Handy Johnson said:

If you were tired of College Sports just pretending to be something other than glorified minor leagues, the Chickens have come Home to Roost. 

The only counter point I'd make, because I agree with you, is in professional sports EVERY contract isn't up EVERY year. 

[Vinny]

1 hour ago, cornfed24-7 said:

The only counter point I'd make, because I agree with you, is in professional sports EVERY contract isn't up EVERY year. 

That’s very true. And thinking about it, that serves to protect coaches and schools as well as players. Players can leave if they don’t like it. Coaches can encourage hitting the portal when a player isn’t working out.

At least there isn’t currently a big in-season form of a trade deadline. Could you imagine trying to hold onto players or add players in late January?

[hhcmatt]

Some of how the portal works this year:

 

There is a 45 day period for entering the transfer portal which closes May 1st. An exception is that when a coach is fired there is a 30 day window for that team, regardless of the time. 

 

NIL collectives can directly communicate with transfers in accordance with state law. (Unsure about the laws in Nebraska).  An issue in the past is that all of this was verbal contracts so you could either have NIL groups not doing what they promised or kids and their families could make up numbers.

[jimmykc]

Grant Nelson (Summit League) for Alabama, Baylor Scheierman (Summit League) and Dalton Knecht (Big Sky League) for Tennessee have been stars for their NCAA teams after transferring. I have to wonder whether they would have been able to develop their present skills as fully sitting on the bench for a couple of years at their present schools had they started there originally. It seems that the way to success in today's system is being able to spot the upcoming Mid and lower major talent early and harvesting them first. Are coaches able to approach this potential well of talent before they declare for the portal, i.e. poach them, or is it breaking some rule? 

Edited March 29 by jimmykc

[hskr4life]

NIL was good in theory but was rolled out too quickly and with no real direction. That’s led to where we are today and it’s too tough to dial something like that back.  So now it’ll be about adapting where we are to what probably needs to happen.

 

Someone mentioned contracts and I think that’s a fair way to go with where we are at.  Making players sign multi-year contracts and having a penalty for breaking that contract would be fair for all parties. You could still offer one year contracts if you wanted to, but could also off more lucrative multi-year deals to ensure you keep someone around.