...to all of this, which may or may not be what many normal transfers engage in and certainly many of us in whatever field we're in see/experience. Gosh knows its rampant in pro sports.
Dorkha Jahusz is a grad transfer who -- because of the COVID exemption -- could now play for two years at UConn. She said she wanted to try something different.
- My gut is that she went to UConn to get a grad degree. But the real grad degree is with Dr. Geno: a year (or two) to let his training camps/skills development and refinement make her an even better pro prospect, in either Europe and/or the U.S.
- While she's there, she can also play for a championship.
- UConn gets a rebounding tool and a surprisingly athletic player who can stick the mid-range jumper (but has a surprisingly horrible FT %).
What bothers me increasingly about the portal is that players who were developing well on teams (that were also doing well enough) are now leaving, seemingly to look for the next best thing.
Up to a month ago, her frontcourt partner, Aaliyah Patty, was also at Ohio State. She's not graduating yet and -- with Juhasz leaving -- would've been even more of a focal point.
Up north, Camryn Taylor, a soph center who was moderately recruited by Carolyn Krieger, was developed by Megan Duffy and her staff into an honorable mention Big East player. And Duffy got her frontcourt partner to come back, recruited two nice forwards and brought in some fine transfers. So what does Taylor do? Hit the portal, of course.
Unless he hated Milwaukee or Marquette's urban campus, I'm guessing this is about playing for a P5 team next to reach the next level.
Yeah, I know this is what life is about in many instances, but wasn't half the fun/challenge getting better along the way with your teammates?
Initially, the practical side of me thought the transfer portal was here and was going to be an option that had to be utilized, like it or not. Hey, how about Aaliyah Patty?
Now, I'm wondering if I'd just rather have Niele and staff bust their butts getting Nat, Maya and Danielle into a fighting frontcourt.
Strange times, huh?