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Over/under on players entering the portal. - cardcrimson - 12-02-2022
With absolutely no reasoning behind it, I'll put it at 16.5 including grad transfers. That's about 20%. Thoughts?
This is just for numbers, not who's entered, so a second thread. Perhaps.
RE: Over/under on players entering the portal. - Phogge - 12-02-2022
Twenty one.
RE: Over/under on players entering the portal. - BostonCard - 12-02-2022
Players entering the portal or players transferring?
I think a fair number of players will enter the portal as a fallback in case they don't see a future for themselves under the new coach. So, I would pick the over on "entering the portal". But not all of them will actually transfer, and once the new coach talks to some of the players in the portal, hopefully he will be able to get many of them to stay. I'll pick the under on actual transfers.
BC
RE: Over/under on players entering the portal. - cardcrimson - 12-02-2022
(12-02-2022, 07:16 PM)BostonCard Wrote: Players entering the portal or players transferring?Entering the portal. I'd imagine there will be some courting involved after the new coach is announced.
I think a fair number of players will enter the portal as a fallback in case they don't see a future for themselves under the new coach. So, I would pick the over on "entering the portal". But not all of them will actually transfer, and once the new coach talks to some of the players in the portal, hopefully he will be able to get many of them to stay. I'll pick the under on actual transfers.
BC
RE: Over/under on players entering the portal. - Snorlax94 - 12-03-2022
I don’t see how a cynical thread like this by “fans and supporters of Stanford Athletics” helps.
There’s some uncertainty, and so some players may enter the portal, and I’m pretty hopeful that the university will make a great hire for head coach, and that very few people end up transferring.
Plus, the most important number is the number of net transfers (incoming transfers - outgoing transfers ).
In the end, the transfer portal may be a net win — Stanford may keep the players who are flourishing as Stanford athletes, who are succeeding in the classroom, and who love being at Stanford. Stanford may lose players who aren’t expected to start, or who are particularly homesick, or who didn’t click with the campus culture. But most importantly, if Stanford admits transfers in key areas of need, incoming transfers may be critical for next year as a transition year. Even if more people end up transferring out than in, just imagine gaining 4+ experienced, mature leaders like Patrick Fields/Isaiah Sanders at linebackers, in the secondary, and on the O line.
RE: Over/under on players entering the portal. - winflop - 12-03-2022
Y'all need to take a chill pill:
- Last year in FBS, the AVERAGE was 16 players in the portal. Are we even there yet?
- The vast majority of Stanford players in the portal are grad transfers. Most either haven't been admitted to a master's program, or as mentioned earlier, are hedging their bets in case they don't get admitted
- Entering the portal doesn't mean they're gone. They can still come back
None of the activity to date surprises me one bit. This is the new college football. The only thing that surprises me is how damn slow Bernie is. You can say he's not in charge all you like, but to my knowledge he's never even articulated any kind of plan for either the portal or NIL. He should have had one in place a long time ago.
RE: Over/under on players entering the portal. - Mick - 12-03-2022
21 entering, 12 transferring out, 2 transferring in.
RE: Over/under on players entering the portal. - BobK - 12-03-2022
Yet transfers and NIL were described last week in a press conference. It’s all on Rivals