Re: TNET: Clemson forward reportedly enters transfer portal

All them guts now that they have proven to coaches everywhere that they can play with some of the elite players around the country, they are now chasing after a paycheck. That is what I've been biotching about for the longest, and if not put in check it will completely destroy 3 Bigs of college sports as in Football, Baseball, and Basketball. I say this for one simple reason and that is, how long can a university afford to bring these kids in as true freshmen, pay all of the expenses that it cost to keep them with everything that gave to them for 2 or 3 years that it takes for them to play their best ball, and then have that investment to check out looking for more at another university...

The schools that they transfer to that will make their programs better, they will have the bare minimum invested in a player that can improve their program from day one, and that is exactly what's happening with a leave anytime transfer portal door wide open without any harm to player, but the university that has tons of $$$ invested in them are the losers without any recourse, just a lot of $$$$ down the toilet!!!

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Re: TNET: Clemson forward enters transfer portal

Apr 12, 2024, 12:51 PM

This is a shock. It seems to reason that he would have started next year. I am ashamed of some
of the responses I have seen here. He must want more $$$, Brad can't develop NBA talent, he just wants to get a chance to play in the NBA, he is selfish. He is 6'8, the team is needs a true center. He is not a "5". Maybe the emergence of Ian Shefflin has the most to do with this. Maybe he does not want to be the backup for another year. Maybe he has access to news we do not. Perhaps PJ Hall is coming back? Perhaps the coaching staff has made it aware they are recruiting a true Center or have already informed him he will be coming off the bench next year(it is normal in most sports for the players to meet with the Head Coach one on one at the end of a season). It is sad that "FANS" will immediately go after a kid when they decide to transfer, and this is a 20 year old kid folks, or you want to bash the head coach, who just led the team to the schools second Elite 8 ever, and a final top 15 ranking. Maybe the kid has family that is in bad health, maybe his girlfriend just broke up with him-he's 20 years old! I say we tell him thank you for coming to Clemson, wish him well, and pray Brad finds some bigs to come in and play out of the transfer portal.

PS- I see Football and Basketball completely different when it comes to the transfer portal. Football has been very successful, has a culture of winning in place, and can pull in 4 and 5 start talent. It is develop and reload usually. Basketball had a great run in the tourney this year, but has been average. Basketball has to use the portal. To the poster that had to make the comment about the transfer portal and Dabo, most Clemson fans are sick of hearing about it. FSU BOUGHT a team that had a 1 year run, we are going to see that this year for what that was, a 1 year run. They lost their QB and still got snubbed. The real USC brought in transfers everywhere including a Heisman Trophy QB, that didn't work did it! You might can get a quick boost from using the portal, but that is not sustainable and does not build a program. Getting into bidding wars to bring in a kid that is all about himself and not team, is not the way to build a football team. Basketball has 5 guys on the court total. Football is 22 and specialists. Rewarding the starters that are already on campus instead of buying a player looks logical.
Rewarding form within gives the other players something to strive towards instead of paying a kid that
has done nothing for your team to get him to come play for you. I think that can be a cancer on a team
IMO. Plus, Dabo has more than earned the right to do things his way.

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TNET: Clemson forward enters transfer portal