2024 Transfer Portal

[Deebowbear]

She needs the tree best assistants that she can get and hope money isn’t an issue. With that and get the best players in the portal that fits her system and go from there. She has to be set up with all the tools or she will fail. DW is not going to let her fail

Mid spelled three

 

[VolBall09]

Just wanted to post this as this is what coaches are dealing with today with a lot of players.

Coaches need to put these kids names out there and put them on blast. Ridiculous lol.

I’m too petty for this. I’d be tagging them and their parents like

“If anyone is interested in wasting $100k on 5ppg this is the player for you!”

 

[Volfan2012]

I think you're even undercounting by quite a bit!

2020: 14 in the top 50
Van Lith
Priscilla Williams
Kelly
Gusters
Scherr
Poole
Hunt
Cameron Williams
Eaton
Elliott
Russell
Hayes
Green
Poole

2021: 8 in the top 50
Wolfenbarger (to LSU)
Key
DeBerry
Hagemann
von Oelhoffen
Bigby
Poffenbarger
Newman

2022: 9 in the top 50
Gardiner
Gray
VanSlooten
Whitehorn
Oldacre
Paris (to Arizona)
Bransford
Gilbert
Shaw

2023: 6 in the top 50
Scott
Vasconcelos
Jah
Velez
Long
Bristow

Definitely did just wanted to prove that the portal is not as empty as some people say. Maybe these players will never reach their potential, but at one time they were regarded as having a lot of potential.

 

[Volfan2012]

Mid spelled three

I would assume that she would want a lead recruiter with some connections. Whether that turns out to be Sam or not remains to be seen. I know her Marshall group probably doesn't have that for sure.

 

[plumbervol]

Definitely did just wanted to prove that the portal is not as empty as some people say. Maybe these players will never reach their potential, but at one time they were regarded as having a lot of potential.

Let the bidding begin

 

[OrangeBeachVol]

My thoughts exactly. Recruiting has been terrible. Why would you keep the recruiting coordinator from the staff who couldn’t recruit?

Agree with this but she may want to keep Sam around just for recruiting knowledge at least for the 1st yr. IMO it would be crazy not to. I'm sure DW would approve Sam to stay.

 

[Ratvol]

I guess she sat behind the USCe talent.

Sahnya Jah, 6’0, F, Fr. (3.1 ppg) Top 50 player 2023 in the portal

 

[Volfan2012]

I guess she sat behind the USCe talent.

Sahnya Jah, 6’0, F, Fr. (3.1 ppg) Top 50 player 2023 in the portal

You want someone in a pressing defense she would probably be the number one choice.

 

[lvocd]

I would assume that she would want a lead recruiter with some connections. Whether that turns out to be Sam or not remains to be seen. I know her Marshall group probably doesn't have that for sure.

Yeah, her Marshall group is unlikely to have strong contacts, if any contacts at ALL, with Top 50 players. I have no idea what Marshall's recruiting budget is, but I think it's safe to assume it's not big enough that they can afford to spend much chasing Top 50s. The Marshall staff simply isn't accustomed to seriously looking at/ approaching the kind of players Tennessee needs to be going for.

I'm on pins and needles as we wait to see who will be joining Kim on staff. She has no choice but to become the best staff recruiter in the conference, and QUICK. Kinda excited, kinda scared over here!

 

[Jimmy Football]

Just wanted to post this as this is what coaches are dealing with today with a lot of players.

Counter offer:

 

[Orange.]

UT website 2 pm eastern.

Be there or be square.

 

[Orange.]

They weren’t signing for Sam though. That was not her job. She pursued them, watched them, got them in on visits. No recruit signs with the assistant coach.

I apologize, I misunderstood what you were saying.

 

[Volfan2012]

Counter offer:
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We talking California or Alabama on that minimum wage?

 

[spojo13]

I apologize, I misunderstood what you were saying.

No worries!

 

[LVsinceJV]

I see Sam as a proven recruiter with a history of success at other programs. So the only conclusion to draw about our many recruiting misses is that potential players didn't have confidence in Kellie for one reason or another.

 

[SGMVols]

I couldn’t care less about keeping any of Kellie’s assistants. Caldwell should be trusted to make the decision on her own as to whether or not she wants to retain any of them. But if Kellie’s staff were so great at recruiting, they wouldn’t have gone 0 for 6 at landing in-state McDonald’s All Americans.

 

[Lucy]

Saylor Poffenbarger, 6’2, G, Soph. (10.2 ppg, 11.2 rpg)

My “thought” was supposed to be funny. Fail!!!’
Thanks for the info!

 

[MsSportsGuy]

My thoughts exactly. Recruiting has been terrible. Why would you keep the recruiting coordinator from the staff who couldn’t recruit?

This times 1000. I’ve read the new coach needs a great recruiter since she’s new to the turf of high level D1. Are people this confident that KH was the problem and not Sam? Just asking because from my viewpoint the current recruiter wasn’t doing too well.

 

[AllVols3]

If you are really happy with the recruiting results of Coach Sam, so be it. She has done a wonderful job so far. Just because she may have relationships with '25 recruits, it doesn't mean they are good relationships. Cut the cord man.

Go home , we don't need anything UConn here . Everybody's opinion don't have to like yours. Mines not and that's OK.

 

[dlhx]

 

[Mafiaboss]

Think we recruited her.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

My thoughts exactly. Recruiting has been terrible. Why would you keep the recruiting coordinator from the staff who couldn’t recruit?

Maybe it was Kellie who could not close.

 

[Lucy]

No reason to doubt the commitment. It's mostly other posters here (no offense to them) that I see stubbornly arguing against your sensical point, either on grounds of sentimentality or unfounded fears. If there is resistance, it won't be from the AD. This is a place where we can massively upgrade. Plus, CKC needs staff accountable to her. I can't imagine a situation where a coach doesn't have her own selected staff. It's an essential part of her job. It's the way she implements and teaches, recruits high schools and the portal and molds her locker room and game day. If assistants are forced upon her, she's a head coach in-name-only. And she's already under the weight of the old ways.

This is really a different situation since Coach Caldwell probably hasn’t developed relationships with the sort of D1 recruiters we would need. Sam is a talented recruiter, that is really her specialty. Plus I really hope she can help re-recruit our commitments and recent signees.

Before all you keyboard warriors wear your fingers out responding about how horrible Kellie was, about how you know numerous parents who said our recruiting sucked etc. etc. We’ve heard it all again and again. Save yourself the trouble.

 

[Mafiaboss]

Is it true that Teonni Key is in the portal?

 

[Lucy]

Exactly. If Danny and Kim think it’s a good idea bc of the relationships formed with recruits, they’ll keep her. I’m not married to the idea that she has to stay. However, Caldwell is going to need someone with those relationships as an assistant. To not set her up with someone with prior relationships to the players we need, would be setting her up for failure.

I really hope our AD is not helping her make her decisions on her staff. To me that would not be a good sign.