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ucfpengbuck:
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--- Quote from: YsuPride on May 20, 2023, 08:15:31 AM ---He has 7 rebounds a game and 9 puts. Calhoun likes the portal for sure. Of our 11 newcomers I believe that only two or three are straight out of High School. One being 7-3 and I believe that the one from Philly area is 6-8. We are going overseas I hear in the summer . Not sure where.
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Once you start using using the portal, you have not choice but to keep using it, as it takes over your program. It certainly has taken over ours.
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Maybe . He brought in 3 frosh and 1 juco this year. IF they come back the following season along with Lovelace,Farmer,and Zorgvol that is 7. If he then brings in 4 frosh again he's at 11 and only 2 can come from the portal.
The big if is if all 7 return and the other big if is whether he brings 4 from the hs ranks.
Coach C made an extra 100k in his new contract and it's a no-brainer getting upper classmen in the portal with guys like Cohill,Green,Nelson,and Rush helped put that cash in his pocket so maybe you're right that getting portal experienced players is his best option for that next big job or another raise.
The portal and Calhoun equated to Youngstown's first D1 conference championship and most wins in YSU D1 history so I'm going sit back and enjoy the ride.
YsuPride:
UCFPengbuck you hit the nail on the head. Portal is the way to go now leaving high school players kinda in the dust. Whatever it takes to win at YSU i am for it.
ucfpengbuck:
--- Quote from: YsuPride on May 21, 2023, 06:50:32 PM ---UCFPengbuck you hit the nail on the head. Portal is the way to go now leaving high school players kinda in the dust. Whatever it takes to win at YSU i am for it.
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I still think it's important to bring in quality hs players and I'm sure Calhoun does too. It's tough since all kids want playing time but it's hard for freshmen to compete vs portal experienced upper classmen. Lovelace was an exception who got a lot of minutes as a true freshmen while we've seen many who are stuck on the bench and eventually transfer.
I don't think this is isolated to just YSU. I think a lot schools and especially mid-majors are trying to to figure how manuever through the right frosh/portal combination.
Bottom line is winning and winning puts more fans in the seats and more money to the university.
I'm probably naively hoping we can get to the point where we don't see the mass exodus every season and see more continuity but that's probably won't happen.
YsuPride:
YSU has 3 freshman i believe for next year. I think the best of them could be the kid from Philly named Christian Kirkland and he is listed at 6-6 to 6-8 depending on various sites have him listed at and plays like Lovelace. Hope he pans out.
YSUGO:
I love what Calhoun was doing with using the portal. It evens the playing field some due to our lack of money for recruiting and what we pay for coaches. Hell even his mentor uses it down in WV. Old school as we know is dead . Kids aren’t going to wait to play. And even if they do they can leave anyways. Kids aren’t even staying at the blue blood schools. It’s the portal and NIL. Embrace it. It got us an NIT bid. Mike Rice, Dan Peters never achieved that and they were decent coaches
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