It's over. I bet we see more in the portal. Once an exodus starts, players see the team will not be good and add to the outgoing hoard. Probably too late to save things even with a coaching change right away. I still wish they would fire Paye. Crappy coaching, as we could all see, with players so unhappy they leave en masse shows that she doesn't have what it takes, not even close. It was always going to be a tough uphill battle to stay a top 10 team with money and the portal the keys to winning. If Paye did better we could have had a top 25 team that made the NCAAs for the next few years, giving the program time to adjust to the new era. Instead Paye tanked the program to the point it needs a total rebuild. In this era there is a good chance a rebuild doesn't get us back to relevance. It was fun while it lasted.
As for me, I no longer invest emotionally in college athletics. I don't blame players for getting the most money they can. That is the way of the world. I still can't hack the sad fact that nobody, but nobody cares all that much about loyalty to a school or a team. Coaches are in it for a job. Now players are too. They all come and go so fast we never get to know them much or see them develop individually or as a team. Or we watch them develop, get good and then leave to play their best ball elsewhere. So what of fans, what do we do? If players and coaches don't really care about the team aside from their own personal interests, why should we care about the team or about them? I say the heck with all of it. I will follow out of curiosity and habit only.
As for me, I no longer invest emotionally in college athletics. I don't blame players for getting the most money they can. That is the way of the world. I still can't hack the sad fact that nobody, but nobody cares all that much about loyalty to a school or a team. Coaches are in it for a job. Now players are too. They all come and go so fast we never get to know them much or see them develop individually or as a team. Or we watch them develop, get good and then leave to play their best ball elsewhere. So what of fans, what do we do? If players and coaches don't really care about the team aside from their own personal interests, why should we care about the team or about them? I say the heck with all of it. I will follow out of curiosity and habit only.