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Women's college basketball transfer rankings 2023-24: Top 35 players in the portal (espn.com)

Oregon loses both starting guards and post.  Duke loses both starting guards. Louisville loses both Van Lith and Verhurst both starting guards.

Duke has now lost a third starter, who is eligible for a 5th 'COVID' year.

Just wonder how many college coaches would prefer to go back to the previous transfer rule where a player has to sit out for a year (with exceptions) unless they are a grad transfer?

Most coaches who love the X's and O's of the game don't really like recruiting, but see it as a necessary evil.  And now they need to not just recruit a few new players for their team every year, they have to recruit potentially the entire team every year.  Those players that do NOT enter the transfer portal are probably approached and "recruited" to stay put.  It must be an absolute nightmare.  Rather than being a basketball coach, you have become a personnel manager.

Furthermore, it has to undermine whatever sense of discipline a coach tries to instill.  The good side of this is that coaches that are abusive will rapidly find their team vanishing.  But what about a coach that is professional but critical?  Does coaching now go the way of grade inflation?

I remember Tara saying at a press conference this year something like "You know, coaching is not like giving out candy.  You have to make corrections."  She is normally so taciturn that the remark stuck with me.  In retrospect, I wonder if more was on her mind.

I am sure it is a big change, but it is reality and coaches are going to have to make the changes necessary to adapt. 

The reality today is that being a head coach is essentially being the head of running a business.  Beyond the players, there are 12 people listed on the coaching staff.  So, it is managing players, staff, overseeing and having some responsibility of events, camps, and fundraising, and many other things I am sure I can't imagine.  Granted, that is the reason for 12 staff -- to assist with it all.  But it's a big job, and certainly not just coaching.  Those that are successful have learnt to manage it all, and I am sure many, many headaches are involved.  But they get paid for it -- the top coaches are paid like business owners (maybe not to the level of CEO of tech companies in the area, but still are paid quite nicely).  I don't think 20 years ago many would have imagined there'd be a large number of women's basketball coaches making over a million dollars a year (some approaching $3M a year).  At that pay grade, I think it should be expected to be managing a heavy load.

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Women's college basketball transfer rankings 2023-24: Top 35 players in the portal (espn.com)

Oregon loses both starting guards and post.  Duke loses both starting guards. Louisville loses both Van Lith and Verhurst both starting guards.

Duke has now lost a third starter, who is eligible for a 5th 'COVID' year.

Just wonder how many college coaches would prefer to go back to the previous transfer rule where a player has to sit out for a year (with exceptions) unless they are a grad transfer?

Most coaches who love the X's and O's of the game don't really like recruiting, but see it as a necessary evil.  And now they need to not just recruit a few new players for their team every year, they have to recruit potentially the entire team every year.  Those players that do NOT enter the transfer portal are probably approached and "recruited" to stay put.  It must be an absolute nightmare.  Rather than being a basketball coach, you have become a personnel manager.

Furthermore, it has to undermine whatever sense of discipline a coach tries to instill.  The good side of this is that coaches that are abusive will rapidly find their team vanishing.  But what about a coach that is professional but critical?  Does coaching now go the way of grade inflation?

I remember Tara saying at a press conference this year something like "You know, coaching is not like giving out candy.  You have to make corrections."  She is normally so taciturn that the remark stuck with me.  In retrospect, I wonder if more was on her mind.

I am sure it is a big change, but it is reality and coaches are going to have to make the changes necessary to adapt. 

The reality today is that being a head coach is essentially being the head of running a business.  Beyond the players, there are 12 people listed on the coaching staff.  So, it is managing players, staff, overseeing and having some responsibility of events, camps, and fundraising, and many other things I am sure I can't imagine.  Granted, that is the reason for 12 staff -- to assist with it all.  But it's a big job, and certainly not just coaching.  Those that are successful have learnt to manage it all, and I am sure many, many headaches are involved.  But they get paid for it -- the top coaches are paid like business owners (maybe not to the level of CEO of tech companies in the area, but still are paid quite nicely).  I don't think 20 years ago many would have imagined there'd be a large number of women's basketball coaches making over a million dollars a year (some approaching $3M a year).  At that pay grade, I think it should be expected to be managing a heavy load.