One of my issues with the portal is a lot of these guys transfer and do lateral moves when they would eventually just play where they were and probably develop better. I know that part of it is coaches probably nudging or pushing guys out too but it feels like a lot of the portal is musical chairs.
i doubt they would be pushing Rashid out. He looks like a solid contributor at worst the remainder of his career.
The “dumb, impressionable, overconfident male” quotient is also part of the equation. When I was 20, I not only thought I was the best at pretty much everything, I knew I was.
It sounds like you have an inside scoop so I will mentally prepare myself. I could see it making sense for RW if the staff is bringing in the WR from Idaho and the WR from Texas. Then he'd be, at best, 4th in line for targets.
I think a lot of them are moving for very meager increases. An extra 10-15k is probably a lot to most of these players. $15k credit at the local Ford dealer might be enough to lure guys who aren't getting paid at their school.
Yeah I just feel like so many of these guys if they just stayed at their first school would be good contributors as juniors and seniors and be able to leverage that into equal NIL deals and give themselves the best shot they can at any pro coffee cups and instead will bounce around to 1-2 more schools and never truly catch on.
I think some people were content to stay, but they're seeing portals come in to their positions
Good call. Fish missed the playoff exodus spring portal by one year. Should be more quality in the spring portal this year than in years past for sure.
