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Transfer Season

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I have zero problem with graduate transfers. If a player can pick up a degree and move on to get a master's (or at least a leg up towards one), then more power to him/her. But I have a big problem with the kind of unrestricted free agency into which the portal is morphing. The whole thing is being driven by P5 football and basketball, which has found a convenient way to dispose of their underperformers and replace them with kids who were previously overlooked or were significantly developed by coaching staffs at institutions with far fewer resources. The rich get richer. And don't get me started with the new reality motivating some (not all) athletes to play for the name on the back of the sweater instead of the name on the front.

Also annoying is the fact that the very people who are pushing athlete rights completely discount, ignore, and dismiss as irrelevant the value of the underlying scholarship (currently north of $65K/yr at my undergrad school). There are unintended consequences to all of this "liberation" and that is the athletes who don't have a legitimate degree to fall back on if they don't get drafted, don't get signed as a free agent, don't make the cut at the next level, and thus never make the "big money."

There are more than a few once-famous college athletes who ended up selling shoes or driving delivery trucks when the dream didn't materialize. It's a scandal and almost nobody cares.
 
Split-N said:
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I have zero problem with graduate transfers. If a player can pick up a degree and move on to get a master's (or at least a leg up towards one), then more power to him/her. But I have a big problem with the kind of unrestricted free agency into which the portal is morphing. The whole thing is being driven by P5 football and basketball, which has found a convenient way to dispose of their underperformers and replace them with kids who were previously overlooked or were significantly developed by coaching staffs at institutions with far fewer resources. The rich get richer.
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I do think in Women's hockey it is a chance for someone who is buried on the depth chart of a top team to get a new chance to shine somewhere else. I am specifically thinking about Hanzlik transfering from WI to Bob Morris last year and Greig to 'Gate this year. But of course the rich can also get richer as well, you know Watts I mean, though that was a lateral move (or even a move downward! LOL!) according to T3.
 
When did the transfer portal become a thing?

The rich are already so incredibly rich I don’t know if the portal makes it any worse.
 
Heard thru the grapevine the other day that Yale is picking up at least 1 skater from a prominent WCHA team. Any other interesting movement out there y'all have heard about?
 
With the logjam of players, unless someone is a clear upgrade in talent, putting your name in the portal is very high risk. I am just guessing but I suspect a lot of the names in the portal are of players who the coach told them their services beyond the original commitment are no longer required.
 
Cornholio said:
With the logjam of players, unless someone is a clear upgrade in talent, putting your name in the portal is very high risk. I am just guessing but I suspect a lot of the names in the portal are of players who the coach told them their services beyond the original commitment are no longer required.
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We need info:
how many Sr's were on teams last year?
how many are in the portal (Sr's and non-Sr's)?
how many have re-upped with the same team?
how many have transferred to different teams?
how many are not going to play next year based on their own decision?
 
Timothy A said:
We need info:
how many Sr's were on teams last year?
how many are in the portal (Sr's and non-Sr's)?
how many have re-upped with the same team?
how many have transferred to different teams?
how many are not going to play next year based on their own decision?
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So many questions that may not even be answered until the summer. Depending on the school, admissions could play a big role as well. I’m surprised to hear of a transfer into Yale, since Ivies rarely accept athletic transfers, but it’s not unheard of. Must be a big name. The other factor is, of course, the Olympic/National Team roster (it will be one & the same) They are trying out all over again and the names may not be the exact same ones that were on the roster for Halifax. There are so many unknowns that Shattuck St Mary’s is adding another u19 team with a significant number of D1 commits who have to take a 5th year of high school because of overcrowded college rosters next year.
 
I know of and heard of many more current HS seniors and even juniors who have been told to PG a year, or have been 'de-committed' and are back to finding a spot somewhere. Not surprising the 'hockey factories' would take advantage of the situation. The fact is there are fewer spots now than in years past and schools have more personal options. For the ones that still make a roster, it should be a more exciting and competitive game but if you are one of the ~20% or so that now no longer has a home (at the D1 level), stressful times.
 
Cornholio said:
I know of and heard of many more current HS seniors and even juniors who have been told to PG a year, or have been 'de-committed' and are back to finding a spot somewhere. Not surprising the 'hockey factories' would take advantage of the situation. The fact is there are fewer spots now than in years past and schools have more personal options. For the ones that still make a roster, it should be a more exciting and competitive game but if you are one of the ~20% or so that now no longer has a home (at the D1 level), stressful times.
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If I was the parent of one of the girls who had a team and now doesn't my anger would know no bounds. It's one thing all the years of games, training, development and travel and the financial investment for my daughter to achieve her dream but to see her crushed emotionally would take it to a whole new level!
 
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Yep, welcome to the real world. A 'commitment' is only as good as the honor of the coach who gives it. The honest coaches are telling the girls now so they can at least find a new home or take a gap year. The dishonest ones wait until "admissions" rejects them, or "money was allocated to a last-minute transfer", etc., and leave the player hanging.
 
Sieve1 said:
There are so many unknowns that Shattuck St Mary’s is adding another u19 team with a significant number of D1 commits who have to take a 5th year of high school because of overcrowded college rosters next year.
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Wow. I didn't see that coming.
 
Cornholio said:
Yep, welcome to the real world. A 'commitment' is only as good as the honor of the coach who gives it. The honest coaches are telling the girls now so they can at least find a new home or take a gap year. The dishonest ones wait until "admissions" rejects them, or "money was allocated to a last-minute transfer", etc., and leave the player hanging.
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Yeah, I know the drill, my daughter played D-1 softball.
 
HockeyGuy362 said:
I am guessing we are going to start hearing about some transfers soon, heard a rumor that St. Thomas let go some of last years players.
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The way Hamline takes transfers, I wouldn't be surprised if Coach Darwitz pulls in what she can from that group of players being cut, and the transferring trickles down with players leaving HU.
 
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