Austin Trice

[Eielson]

You and I definitely agree on this. Imagine if a university was building its basketball program and making gradual improvements every year. The 4-5 year head coach (just an example) kills it with a banner recruiting class...then bolts to another program and takes his recruiting class with him. That could set the university he's leaving back 5, maybe 10 years depending on the situation...way too much anarchy for my liking.

Doesn't that happen already? It pretty much happened with KS, though none of them followed him to Indiana. Roy Wiliams took Hansborough with him to UNC if I remember correctly. The idea of coaches routinely bringing more than 1-2 guys with them to their new job seems overly dramatic. I'm sure that Self would have loved to bring Brown and Williams with him to KU, but he wasn't going to import half of a roster. If it became an issue, the NCAA could easily pass a rule that states that a school can't receive more than 2 transfer from one school in a given year, and that would take care of that.

 

[WaymanFan]

Care to elaborate?

Also, aren't scholarships a 1 year deal?

There isn't a point in elaborating because there are so few comparisons you can make between the corporate world and playing college basketball. I've been in the corporate world for 35 years...never thought of following my boss to another job because he/she left the company. And if I did, the company I was leaving wouldn't have all these restrictions about who they have to hire to replace me and when...unless you also want to equate the NCAA with the Board of Directors. We'll just agree to disagree on this one.

 

[WaymanFan]

Anytime somebody says this with no rebuttal you know you made a good point and they can't counter it.

Yeah, that must be it...I was just so blown away by someone's sophisticated response, I had no rebuttal.

 

[thebigabd]

There isn't a point in elaborating because there are so few comparisons you can make between the corporate world and playing college basketball. I've been in the corporate world for 35 years...never thought of following my boss to another job because he/she left the company. And if I did, the company I was leaving wouldn't have all these restrictions about who they have to hire to replace me and when...unless you also want to equate the NCAA with the Board of Directors. We'll just agree to disagree on this one.

BS....

Players leave for other reasons than just coaches... Just like employees leave for reasons other than management, pay, etc.

You have no reasonable argument here. You want the player to sign 4 years away regardless of what happens to him. There could be dozens of reasons... Home sickness, broken promises, not fitting in, change of scenery, recruited over, academic issues, made a bad decision up front, etc..

Freedom to choose is always the answer.

 

[WaymanFan]

You have no reasonable argument here. You want the player to sign 4 years away regardless of what happens to him. There could be dozens of reasons... Home sickness, broken promises, not fitting in, change of scenery, recruited over, academic issues, made a bad decision up front, etc..

Freedom to choose is always the answer.

Whoa...I never said a player has to stay 4 years at a school if he doesn't like it...never made that argument. I'm just not for total anarchy of having players transfer whenever and wherever they want and play immediately. It could severely damage a non-blue blood basketball program for non-BS reasons already stated. It just doesn't interest me...and like WTSooner said, I think it would ruin the game.

While I'm sure you can make comparisons to the corporate world, just like you can make comparisons to a pie eating contest or a children's Christmas play to college basketball, it's all apples and oranges.


The bottom line is that some people are in favor of serial transferring and some aren't...you are and I'm not.

Off topic, I'm typing this while watching Blake Griffin play on one leg and giving it his all against the Bucks...quite an inspiration.

 

[thebigabd]

Whoa...I never said a player has to stay 4 years at a school if he doesn't like it...never made that argument. I'm just not for total anarchy of having players transfer whenever and wherever they want and play immediately. It could severely damage a non-blue blood basketball program for non-BS reasons already stated. It just doesn't interest me...and like WTSooner said, I think it would ruin the game.

While I'm sure you can make comparisons to the corporate world, just like you can make comparisons to a pie eating contest or a children's Christmas play to college basketball, it's all apples and oranges.


The bottom line is that some people are in favor of serial transferring and some aren't...you are and I'm not.

Off topic, I'm typing this while watching Blake Griffin play on one leg and giving it his all against the Bucks...quite an inspiration.

Fair enough... Apologies for not stating your position accurately.