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Post by wcu32 on Jun 4, 2024 22:55:40 GMT -5
There are over 3000 kids in portal and opened the 3rd. Alot kids gonna be disappointed with no home possible. Poor high school kids. Should you even recruit HS kids now? Recruiting HS kids if turn out really good they gone in a year maybe 2 if lucky. Uconn is in super regional with 9 DIII transfers. They dont even mess with D1 transfers for most part Our former SS Butterworth is in Super Regional. Id rather have 1 or 2 years of solid player done it in college vs unknown. Be realistic. Love to be able to keep studs but have to admit if lycky to stumble upon a stud we wont have for long.
I love college baseball and Western and my teammates and all new guys but this portal and NIL is beginning of end
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Jun 5, 2024 6:40:36 GMT -5
Post by WHEEble on Jun 5, 2024 6:40:36 GMT -5
Pas stayed
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Jun 5, 2024 10:12:15 GMT -5
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Post by wcu32 on Jun 5, 2024 10:12:15 GMT -5
That was before. Its alot different now. When your #1 comes in for exit interview and says i need more scholarship $ and NIL $ or im leaving what gonna do?( we dont have pitcher that can do that) just like Coastal Carolina coach Gilmore said. If havent watched his press conference google it. They won CWS. Your smokin crack if dont think happen to us. Today’s environment Pascal never be at Western more than year. Uconn made super regionals w 9 d3 transfers. College baseball is done as we knew it plan and simple. Until "Censored Word" is fixed adapt or be irrelevant. Uconn got ahead of "Censored Word". Why recruit HS kids? No benifit. Get someone like me and while i could win but sucked If we dont adapt and figure way to compete its bad news. HS and JuCo old way. I have confidence Beck will figure out a way
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Jun 5, 2024 18:28:27 GMT -5
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Post by wcu32 on Jun 5, 2024 18:28:27 GMT -5
3 in so far. I know if kid said he thinking of entering portal id say good luck see ya
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Jun 6, 2024 10:22:00 GMT -5
Post by cbyland on Jun 6, 2024 10:22:00 GMT -5
3 in so far. I know if kid said he thinking of entering portal id say good luck see ya I know that is what we initially feel like what we would say and in the pre-NIL days, heck now since this current and ridiculous ruling from the courts and the NCAA Anti-Trust stuff that has essentially opened Pandora's Box even wider that is probably a lot of coaches reaction. But now days, if we get a kid, a pitcher or hitter who was overlooked in High School and they become dominate in their area. Many schools, especially SEC and ACC schools (I know Wake Forest tries this stuff, so does Florida and Texas A&M) just to name a few. Will have someone go behind the scenes and either talk to someone like their parents or someone close to the player to get them to enter the portal by offering them large NIL money something that WCU would not be able to do. These are 18-24ish age young adults and when someone is throwing large sums of money at them. It causes them to question things, even when they thought or want to be loyal to WCU.
I would not necessarily say to a kid who is thinking of the portal good luck see ya, especially if their someone who has contributed to WCU, I if I was a coach or Coach Beck would be open to listen and talk with them, because it may be just that someone has just gotten in their head. I would not want someone to go behind my back and enter the portal to be honest, I would want them to be honest with me and talk with me if I was the coach.
With that being said, some of the players that go to the portal may have happened after an exit interview with Coach Beck and it is either mutally agreed that entering the portal is best for both or even Beck may be straight forward and tell them, we have a bunch of new kids coming in next season and advise that they may not see the field and are at the risk of being cut. I despise this new NIL stuff but it is what it is, and all coaches need to adapt. I think Coach Beck is the type that will adapt. Also, he is great recruiter and unfortunately in this day and time, he will get diamonds in the rough that everyone ignored and then when they prove their are diamonds, all the P5 schools start throwing money to get them to transfer. On the other hand, Beck can use the portal to pick up talented players from programs like the SEC, ACC or even schools like ECU that may have been benched or not utilized correctly and come to WCU and become a star. It works both ways.
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Jun 9, 2024 12:12:12 GMT -5
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Post by wcu32 on Jun 9, 2024 12:12:12 GMT -5
College baseball is becoming joke. Travel ball and transfer sad. Hey congrats you throw 96+ and cant get a college kid out.
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