Articles on Transfers. One Addresses Players, Programs
by dillon77 (2019-05-30 17:57:13)
Edited on 2019-05-30 18:17:19
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Came across two articles that both addressed transfers in NCAA basketball. One focuses on women's basketball (see link below) and the other on mens hoops. In fact, that article's lead voice is ND's Mike Brey. I've attached that to the reply right under this one. I'll cut and paste areas of both articles to detail some points.

The article on the women's game appeared in CBBToday and almost reads as if it's a primer, both for the reader and, to some degree, the author. (He refers to four transfers out of S. Carolina, but one of those -- Mikiah Herbert Herrigan -- had a change of heart and came back to the Gamecocks. A while ago.)

One of the main points is how transferring is affecting how coaches have to run their programs, virtually on a year-to-year basis. The author relies on a Mechelle Voepel article from two years ago, quoting both Muffet and Dawn Staley.

- “It takes two years to recover from it (a transfer), and it puts (a program) in a tough situation trying to fill out a roster,” Notre Dame head coach Muffet McGraw stated in the 2017 article by Voepel.

Many Bench posters have noted that ND's current roster situation started it's "thinning" process when Ali Patberg and and Erin Boley both left. That situation probably would've been worse if not for the transfer in and immediate eligibility of Jess Shepard.

- “'You have to plan for your current roster being different because people will transfer,” Staley declared to Voepel. “At the end of every season, you find out who’s transferring, and who might be fifth-year grad students who could play. That’s part of what we do every year now, because you have to.”

'South Carolina is one of the numerous programs who benefit greatly from transfers. If you need proof, go back and look at their national championship in 2017. Two of the key players on the championship team were transfers. Allisha Gray and Kaela Davis played one season for the Gamecocks due to the transfer rule. In return for sitting a year, the two current WNBA players were pivotal in the Gamecocks’ run to the championship.'

As most Benchers know, South Carolina lost three players to transfer this year, but that has been somewhat mitigated by the arrival of a top-rate frosh class. However, will all of those five-star players stay?

- The article uses incoming- and outgoing- ND players on various points.
Destinee Walker is cited as an example of a grad transfer who can come in immediaely and play.

Ali Patberg's medical history is brought up as a variable when Ali suffered a shoulder injury this year, thereby cutting down on the time she could've had at IU. In her case, she recovered from the inury in time to help the team move into the NCAAs.

Still, the main takeaway is from the Voepel article (which you can link to from the CBB piece): MM estimating how a transfer sets one back; and, how Staley factors transfers as a part of the annual plan, much like a pro GM.




This AP Article Addresses Eligibility Waivers...
by dillon77  (2019-05-30 18:32:31)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

..and the main person expressing consternation at the growing amount of immediate waivers is ND's Mike Brey. Now, even though we're talking about guys' hoops here, the men and women are governed by the same rules regarding transfers.

The article (I've iinked it) starts this way:

'The NCAA is granting too many waivers allowing players who transfer to compete immediately, Notre Dame coach Mike Brey said Wednesday, calling the requirement that players sit out a year a useful “deterrent” to players switching schools.

'“As coaches we’re concerned about the number of waivers, to the point where the NCAA has given too much of a blueprint on how to get a waiver,” Brey said. “Kids feel they can go and, you know, bring up enough of a case to get eligible right away. So they’re more apt to want to go.”

'Brey said he believes players should be free to transfer and that it’s up to coaches to make their players want to stay, but he said sitting out a year can be beneficial and prevents players from transferring for immature or capricious reasons.

'“It’s a bit of a deterrent for a kid. The year in residency saves kids from themselves sometimes,” Brey said. “I’ve seen some kids then come back, stick it out, and now they’re in the lineup and they come back five years later and go, ‘I was an idiot.’ Because every kid thinks about (transferring) when he’s not playing.”

- Of course, others look at this slightly differently.
"Commission co-chairman Arne Duncan, the former U.S. Secretary of Education, declined to comment on waivers but lauded the “transparency” of the NCAA’s transfer portal, in which players submit their names if they want to switch schools."

- There have been many articles posted on various boards showing that mid-majors are particularly concerned about this development, fearing their programs are almost "minor league" systems for P5 programs.