[81alum]

I am beginning to think that the most effective coaches going forward will be those who can put a new team together every single year, almost from scratch.  I think it was Geno who pointed out that 20-25% of all DIV I WBB players are in the portal.  It gives recruiting a radical new meaning.  Stanford may be one of the only teams that still has a chance of "building" a team over 4 years as in the olden days--and that because of the reputation of our degree and the kind of student it attracts.  Nearly every other coach is going to be doing what Graves  and Frese and oh so many others are doing--shopping for talent out of the portal on an annual basis.

It does diminish the game, for me.  I prefer teams to have continuity, reputations, loyalty.  And every transfer to better an athletic career is a reminder that "student-athlete" was always a fiction to most. 

I know I am weird, but the many changes to college sports of late seem custom designed to sap my interest and drive me away.

[81alum]

I am beginning to think that the most effective coaches going forward will be those who can put a new team together every single year, almost from scratch.  I think it was Geno who pointed out that 20-25% of all DIV I WBB players are in the portal.  It gives recruiting a radical new meaning.  Stanford may be one of the only teams that still has a chance of "building" a team over 4 years as in the olden days--and that because of the reputation of our degree and the kind of student it attracts.  Nearly every other coach is going to be doing what Graves  and Frese and oh so many others are doing--shopping for talent out of the portal on an annual basis.

It does diminish the game, for me.  I prefer teams to have continuity, reputations, loyalty.  And every transfer to better an athletic career is a reminder that "student-athlete" was always a fiction to most. 

I know I am weird, but the many changes to college sports of late seem custom designed to sap my interest and drive me away.