Tommy_Taylor_1972
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It appears predictability of portal players to adjust to the current system has more downs that ups regarding points scored, but is within three points total of what our new portal players scored last year. Other skill factors may apply on their selection. Those who left Tech seem to have more ups that downs, with at least seven Tech alumni that may play in post season tournaments this season as team members of the top 100 teams.
To me, the portal is a crap shoot that pays off for some and not others. Of the 75 PPG so far this season, the portal players are scoring about half at 38 PPG. The old school method of grooming, recruiting, and developing high school players into the system, combined with the new school model of selecting portal players who can adapt and improve, will lead to better results. That takes time and creates fan and administration anxiety in the new world of college basketball. A third rail in the current world is to retain the players who contribute and dismiss the others. I miss the old school days where the coaches would recruit a player intimately for a year or two and promise the player he could be on scholarship until he graduates. That was a strong commitment both ways, and both coaches and players knew what they were committing to and most met those commitments. The new style of management of thriving on chaos, verses seems to be the future. The only thing consistent through the years, like Coach Norman Dale said in Hoosiers "the goal is still 10 feet high and the free throw line is still 15 feet away".
To me, the portal is a crap shoot that pays off for some and not others. Of the 75 PPG so far this season, the portal players are scoring about half at 38 PPG. The old school method of grooming, recruiting, and developing high school players into the system, combined with the new school model of selecting portal players who can adapt and improve, will lead to better results. That takes time and creates fan and administration anxiety in the new world of college basketball. A third rail in the current world is to retain the players who contribute and dismiss the others. I miss the old school days where the coaches would recruit a player intimately for a year or two and promise the player he could be on scholarship until he graduates. That was a strong commitment both ways, and both coaches and players knew what they were committing to and most met those commitments. The new style of management of thriving on chaos, verses seems to be the future. The only thing consistent through the years, like Coach Norman Dale said in Hoosiers "the goal is still 10 feet high and the free throw line is still 15 feet away".
