[lex24]

I don't see how lack of transfers is the big problem with Stanford Football.  Recruit the right players, develop them, coach them up, and play an entertaining style of football that prepares players for the next level and you need not worry about transfers in or out of the program.

I truly don’t see how anyone can look at this PAC 12 season and not get the importance of the portal and NIL.  Lincoln Riley is a good coach.  No question.  But he didn’t take over SC and turn them around with the old roster.  He used the portal and NIL to poach perhaps the best QB in college football, the Biletnikoff winner and, I think, a mere 17 others. 

Good programs lose players to the portal. For a host of reasons.  Those programs, however, can also get players through the portal. And with the help of NIL in some cases marquis players.

To only have a one way door is a significant disadvantage.  To deny that is to deny reality.

Stanford also has an advantage no other school has - the ability to confer a Stanford degree. I don't buy that Stanford grads are the end all be all, but the preponderance of people out there making hiring and investment decisions do.

As a result, Stanford transfer attrition will be exceptionally low. Grad transfers are a different story. IMO, Stanford would get more value out of making it easier for graduated players to stick around as 4th or 5th year Seniors than it makes sense to keep up with the Joneses on transfer and NIL money. Stanford needs to emphasize what differentiates it and what it does better than others as much as it can, and limit how many "me too" things it tries to compete with others as much as possible.

So, here is the recruiting pitch to a 17-18 year old.  Stanford :  “40 year decision”. Other:  “ We can get you $100,000 in NIL.

Who wins? And remember, a lot of these kids come from low income families. 

Transfer portal raises different issues. Kids may transfer for a slew of reasons. You are going to lose some. Nice to have the ability to add back. 

Sorry, I know you all talk about the “40 year decision “.  And that will still resonate with a few.  Especially those with families that aren’t poor.  But as the old saying goes “money talks”.  Further, a lot of these schools, including USC aren’t chopped liver. And have alumni bases that take care of their own. Ask Caleb Williams….

The Stanford degree has always been the one advantage amongst the disadvantages. I don’t think it is a big an advantage as it was prior to the changes that lead to the current landscape. As with so many other things, you adjust with the times, or you wither away.

And please, one doesn’t have to go to Stanford to get a good job…..

[lex24]

I don't see how lack of transfers is the big problem with Stanford Football.  Recruit the right players, develop them, coach them up, and play an entertaining style of football that prepares players for the next level and you need not worry about transfers in or out of the program.

I truly don’t see how anyone can look at this PAC 12 season and not get the importance of the portal and NIL.  Lincoln Riley is a good coach.  No question.  But he didn’t take over SC and turn them around with the old roster.  He used the portal and NIL to poach perhaps the best QB in college football, the Biletnikoff winner and, I think, a mere 17 others. 

Good programs lose players to the portal. For a host of reasons.  Those programs, however, can also get players through the portal. And with the help of NIL in some cases marquis players.

To only have a one way door is a significant disadvantage.  To deny that is to deny reality.

Stanford also has an advantage no other school has - the ability to confer a Stanford degree. I don't buy that Stanford grads are the end all be all, but the preponderance of people out there making hiring and investment decisions do.

As a result, Stanford transfer attrition will be exceptionally low. Grad transfers are a different story. IMO, Stanford would get more value out of making it easier for graduated players to stick around as 4th or 5th year Seniors than it makes sense to keep up with the Joneses on transfer and NIL money. Stanford needs to emphasize what differentiates it and what it does better than others as much as it can, and limit how many "me too" things it tries to compete with others as much as possible.

So, here is the recruiting pitch to a 17-18 year old.  Stanford :  “40 year decision”. Other:  “ We can get you $100,000 in NIL.

Who wins? And remember, a lot of these kids come from low income families. 

Transfer portal raises different issues. Kids may transfer for a slew of reasons. You are going to lose some. Nice to have the ability to add back. 

Sorry, I know you all talk about the “40 year decision “.  And that will still resonate with a few.  Especially those with families that aren’t poor.  But as the old saying goes “money talks”.  Further, a lot of these schools, including USC aren’t chopped liver. And have alumni bases that take care of their own. Ask Caleb Williams….

The Stanford degree has always been the one advantage amongst the disadvantages. I don’t think it is a big an advantage as it was prior to the changes that lead to the current landscape. As with so many other things, you adjust with the times, or you wither away.

And please, one doesn’t have to go to Stanford to get a good job…..