Yeah, he’s a bit down the depth chart with Bishop and Stapp being the same year. Good transfer all around.
"Four in 10 Portal entrants did not find a home equal or better to the one they left. This chart shows that only 54 percent of entrants found a home at an FBS school."
Times are different. NIL and the Free Transfer Portal are shaking things up.
guys have more and immediate options when the depth chart isn't shaping up their way.
We had to get back to 85. That meant we either had to have a tiny recruiting class and no incoming transfers or a bunch would have to leave. Vast majority of guys who are leaving would not have played much if at all in 2022. Won’t be like this every year as things normalize again in terms of scholarships and class sizes.
It may also be a good sign that we have good players and some marginal players are leaving earlier than they would in the past because they know they won't get playing time.
I think your joke went over a lot of heads.
Gotta think the portal explosion is a dream come true for some true freshman because it can quickly shoot them up the depth chart some.
I think it goes both ways. You can move up ... and then just as quickly get behind some new guys who come in or the next line of freshman ...
definitely. Thinking specifically of true freshman though who in most cases are not going to be asked to play anyway. Gives them a chance to show what they can do quicker when guys in front of them who were stuck down on the depth chart move out of the way.
I know, these kids are acting like they don’t have to sit out a year and can get paid….looks the same as every other program in this environment.
It was a joke. Reread it.
Or another way to look at it is the guys who left don't have to battle Ike White for reps. The players know and understand quickly which newcomers have big time talent.
The players that left after the spring game didn’t really have a choice. The team needed to get under the scholarship limit, PJ met with them on Sunday and let them know they have to go. Quite a few that still wanted to be Gophers.
Not the direction I’ve wanted for Gopher Sports, but also understand the rules have changed. I just hope that Fleck and staff are helping these players find other teams to transfer to.
True, but schools with as large a turnover as the Gophers should expect locker room issues because not everyone meshes immediately.
Gonna bet Fleck is better than most about not bringing in players who won't mesh with the personality of the team quickly.
You created an account just to post this? I'll believe it when i see one of those players who were forced to leave goes on record with this allegation. So far, all of the players leaving/entering the portal have nothing but good things to say about Fleck, etc....
It's certainly not unheard of to get "processed" but I agree I raised an eyebrow at brand new account. Then again how else would we hear about it?
It's a fine and healthy look. One free transfer allows for players to adjust up and down. We lose players who for the most part -- Anderson, Thomas, and Erving excepted -- won't play here and we replace them with guys who will have an immediate impact.
It seems far more likely to me that they created an account to report what they heard (whether true or not). I mean, if you're going to create an account to troll, is that the moment you've been waiting for?
Thomas and Irving are two big losses.
What's your source?
