2024 Transfer Portal Thread

[TheMookieMonster]

I get what y’all are saying about taking project guys. I just hate it because there will be no more guys like Zakai if we start just taking portal guys. I’m hoping that some rules start getting made to regulate portal rules a little bit better, or else we might should just take portal guys.

Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea of taking guys and developing them, but it’s starting to feel almost futile to do that in the portal era because keeping people happy with minutes is becoming more and more difficult.

 

[JohnsonLong]

If Bronny James comes here Im a Kentucky basketball fan until he's gone.

I'd root for Al-Qaeda before I would him.

 

[OrangeInKy]

If Bronny James comes here Im a Kentucky basketball fan until he's gone.

I'd root for Al-Qaeda before I would him.

Holy cow, man.

 

[knoxvol52]

You didn’t have transparency before when guys were getting money under the table, why would it frustrate you now?

Lol if Tennessee was paying players in Early 90's and in early 2000-2004 to play basketball then every who was dishing out the briefcase under the table didn't know talent.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

If Bronny James comes here Im a Kentucky basketball fan until he's gone.

I'd root for Al-Qaeda before I would him.

Bronny James isn’t coming here

 

[MarcoVol]

Lol if Tennessee was paying players in Early 90's and in early 2000's to play basketball then every who was dishing out the briefcase under the table didn't know talent.

Haha true. Just talking about how it worked before, not whether or not UT was doing it for bball. There was no transparency

 

[McGeesPub]

If Bronny James comes here Im a Kentucky basketball fan until he's gone.

I'd root for Al-Qaeda before I would him.

Extremely weird.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

At this point, why? I was thinking about this a little bit more today, and it is starting to feel like it’s pointless. If you take a high school player that needs some development, feels likely we either ask them to leave a year from now if they aren’t progressing, or if they do progress well but don’t get big minutes as a freshmen/sophomore, they’ll transfer.

Maybe just pure transfer portal refresh is the only way to go annually at this point

I think HS recruiting outside Top 50, as we’ve seen more of here, is the move. Those guys typically are ok not playing year 1 and by year 2 you can decide if they’re worth keeping around or letting go (see Carr, Cade, JP).

 

[Vol49er]

Man. Say Tennessee makes the elite eight next year with Z and a bunch of randos. It wouldn't mean 1/10th what this year's elite eight meant to me. I mean really, if its 13 guys who spend six months in fort sanders doing online graduate courses, what connection do I have with them? I wish this whole transfer portal thing had happened much later in my life so I could've enjoyed college athletics for longer.

 

[Mullins2010]

If Bronny James comes here Im a Kentucky basketball fan until he's gone.

I'd root for Al-Qaeda before I would him.

Because u don't like his dad?

 

[Zues1]

ZZ, Lanier, Thomas, Dubar, Ballo and people will get excited

Hey it's like Calipari one and done every season now..Guess he was way ahead of everyone.
Shat stinks

 

[Mullins2010]

Man. Say Tennessee makes the elite eight next year with Z and a bunch of randos. It wouldn't mean 1/10th what this year's elite eight meant to me. I mean really, if its 13 guys who spend six months in fort sanders doing online graduate courses, what connection do I have with them? I wish this whole transfer portal thing had happened much later in my life so I could've enjoyed college athletics for longer.

Without the transfer portal we wouldn't have been close to the Elite 8

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

If Bronny James comes here Im a Kentucky basketball fan until he's gone.

I'd root for Al-Qaeda before I would him.

You’re on a roll this week. Hope you acquire some pants soon so you can leave the house unsupervised.

 

[ThatVolGuy]

If Bronny James comes here Im a Kentucky basketball fan until he's gone.

I'd root for Al-Qaeda before I would him.

Why? I'm actually looking forward to the explanation.

 

[Zues1]

Man. Say Tennessee makes the elite eight next year with Z and a bunch of randos. It wouldn't mean 1/10th what this year's elite eight meant to me. I mean really, if its 13 guys who spend six months in fort sanders doing online graduate courses, what connection do I have with them? I wish this whole transfer portal thing had happened much later in my life so I could've enjoyed college athletics for longer.

And asking for more money or I'm gone

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Man. Say Tennessee makes the elite eight next year with Z and a bunch of randos. It wouldn't mean 1/10th what this year's elite eight meant to me. I mean really, if its 13 guys who spend six months in fort sanders doing online graduate courses, what connection do I have with them? I wish this whole transfer portal thing had happened much later in my life so I could've enjoyed college athletics for longer.

Meh, I enjoy watching college sports but it doesn’t upset me to see players come & go.

Long as you enjoy the memories, that’s all that matters.

In the end, it’s just a game.

 

[Vol49er]

Without the transfer portal we wouldn't have been close to the Elite 8

Even if I accepted that as true, it doesn’t negate a word I typed. But thanks for the input

 

[Volprofch05]

If Bronny James comes here Im a Kentucky basketball fan until he's gone.

I'd root for Al-Qaeda before I would him.

Good thing we’re not getting carried away…

 

[Vol49er]

Meh, I enjoy watching college sports but it doesn’t upset me to see players come & go.

Long as you enjoy the memories, that’s all that matters.

In the end, it’s just a game.

But part of the fun of college sports is seeing the players who walk the same halls you used to and maybe your children currently do grow and develop as players. If it’s just professional sports but even more roster volatility but worse players, why not just watch professional sports?

 

[Mullins2010]

Even if I accepted that as true, it doesn’t negate a word I typed. But thanks for the input

Welcome

 

[cncchris33]

Man. Say Tennessee makes the elite eight next year with Z and a bunch of randos. It wouldn't mean 1/10th what this year's elite eight meant to me. I mean really, if its 13 guys who spend six months in fort sanders doing online graduate courses, what connection do I have with them? I wish this whole transfer portal thing had happened much later in my life so I could've enjoyed college athletics for longer.

Welcome to Kentucky basketball.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

But part of the fun of college sports is seeing the players who walk the same halls you used to and maybe your children currently do grow and develop as players. If it’s just professional sports but even more roster volatility but worse players, why not just watch professional sports?

Of course.

However, college sports was eventually going to be like this sooner or later.

All we can do is accept it for what it is.

 

[Vol49er]

Welcome to Kentucky basketball.

Yup. And I dont like that regardless, but on top of it, I worry we dont have the stature in basketball to be consistently successful with consistent roster turnover like Kentucky mostly managed. So we will likely have less success AND less of a connection with players than before this madness

 

[wtmvol]

If Bronny James comes here Im a Kentucky basketball fan until he's gone.

I'd root for Al-Qaeda before I would him.

Lol- wow…

 

[Vol49er]

Of course.

However, college sports was eventually going to be like this sooner or later.

All we can do is accept it for what it is.

But I am asking why accept it? If college basketball is just minor league NBA, why not just watch the NBA? This is a genuine question I want someone to answer, im not just lamenting the state of college athletics (but I am also doing that)