2024 Transfer Portal Thread

[Stoerner Fumbles]

Our the players vetting the offers? Anybody can offer anything but if it’s not in writing…

They all have grownup representation.

 

[JohnsonLong]

This is the game now and Im not so sure that its a bad thing considering 99% of these young men wont play professionally.

If we refuse to play it then that's on us.

I honestly believe this was a team full of replaceable role players and Zeigler and Knecht.

Just rebuild again.

If Barnes dont want to do it and wants to go play golf he's earned that right.

Go get Pearl back.

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

Are there any whispers of Barnes retiring?

I have not heard that.

 

[SGMVols]

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[JCP201]

So basically Barnes helps develop these guys into the great players they are and we lose them because someone offers them insane amounts of money.

 

[GoodTimeVol]

They all have grownup representation.

Interesting do we know the teams in involved im assuming UNC is one?

 

[TennesseeFan07]

In this day and age, it would be irresponsible to not take the bag, especially if you only have one or two years of eligibility left and you aren't going pro. This stuff has nothing to with the staff, the school or really playing time. Don't hate the player, hate the game. Nobody is as good at scamming money out of people like Danny White, so Tennessee will be prepared next year.

 

[D3Athlete]

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[JohnsonLong]

Im a damn middle school coach and kids threaten to leave without money being involved.

You dont think they would if some school's offering 6 figures?

 

[Volprofch05]

We’ve come a long way in just a year from JJJ being willing to stick around as a walk on to everybody seemingly having one foot out the door

 

[CNeagleVolFan]

They all have grownup representation.

So we will have an opportunity to counter the teams offers that they’re getting?

 

[cncchris33]

It’s not appropriate to ask a parent on freaking X if her kid is leaving. Total clown ish from that guy

Yeah, if I'm posting that screenshot on X, I'm certainly not leaving my VN handle visible for all to see.

 

[bbvols2]

I’ve said this before, but she’s an amazing person and parent. She’s also not happy about any of this.

@Stoerner Fumbles is she unhappy that Jamai may be leaving or not happy with how Tennessee's staff has handled the situation?

 

[berryvol]

In this day and age, it would be irresponsible to not take the bag, especially if you only have one or two years of eligibility left and you aren't going pro. This stuff has nothing to with the staff, the school or really playing time. Don't hate the player, hate the game. Nobody is as good at scamming money out of people like Danny White, so Tennessee will be prepared next year.

Especially if you’re Mashack and/or Aidoo, who are impact college players, but likely have no long term NBA future. Can’t blame them at all for taking a bag if we refuse to make a comparable offer, that’s on us (and probably can’t blame us either, if the staff feels they have good enough options elsewhere).

 

[CAVPUT]

It certainly is what it is, but I don't have to like it. It sucks. I foresaw this playing out like this in my mind, eventually, but really hoped I would be wrong.

I felt the same way when free agency came to pro sports. Ruined my devotion to the game. Now I see the players as mercenaries and don't get attached to any name wearing the jersey.

 

[VolOnthePlains]

Im a damn middle school coach and kids threaten to leave without money being involved.

You dont think they would if some school's offering 6 figures?

Sir, I believe you are committing some type of crime

 

[vol9799]

That’s not the problem. We have a good NIL. We just didn’t anticipate this. A few programs have put together offers for top players at several programs. The size of these offers is of a different scale than we are used to.

Any chance this is a product of Cal/Arky trying to rebuild a roster from ground zero?

 

[cncchris33]

I felt the same way when free agency came to pro sports. Ruined my devotion to the game. Now I see the players as mercenaries and don't get attached to any name wearing the jersey.

I agree. I even wrote a paper in college on how free agency ruined professional sports from a fan's perspective. But this era of college sports makes professional free agency look like a blood oath.

 

[cardvolfan]

I felt the same way when free agency came to pro sports. Ruined my devotion to the game. Now I see the players as mercenaries and don't get attached to any name wearing the jersey.

It’s why the name Curt Flood leaves a nasty taste in my mouth.

 

[Volprofch05]

@Stoerner Fumbles is she unhappy that Jamai may be leaving or not happy with how Tennessee's staff has handled the situation?

I believe he's referring to her vocal displeasure with the whole system of programs constantly coming after kids to woo them away

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

So we will have an opportunity to counter the teams offers that they’re getting?

The players that have left or may leave shared that they’ve received offers in their one on one meetings last week. If there was a time to counter, it was then, or soon after. The numbers and the pitches were not something we had a good answer for.

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

I believe he's referring to her vocal displeasure with the whole system of programs constantly coming after kids to woo them away

She’s unhappy that it’s suddenly the Wild West.

 

[Godfatha]

Yeah, if I'm posting that screenshot on X, I'm certainly not leaving my VN handle visible for all to see.

Who was it?

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

Any chance this is a product of Cal/Arky trying to rebuild a roster from ground zero?

The weasels will be weasels, but not just Cal.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

At least in the pros the teams that are paying the players get some sort of contract.

We can drop six figures in NIL to keep a player and then they're gone the next year and zero return on the investment (Freddie for example) for the year they rode the bench being paid.

NOW I'm sure Freddie fully expected and wanted to play. But there are plenty of "get my bag" types that wouldn't care at all about what they did or didn't give in return.