Biancardi interview

[gt24]

‎Packer and Durham on Apple Podcasts

‎Sports · 2022

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Good interview. Starts at the 25 min mark. He shares some detailed thoughts on the emerging impact of transfer portal. He suggests/thinks every P5 needs to hire a "roster mgt" coach for year-round communicating with current players' families and AAU coaches to maintain/manage relationships... while allowing on-court college coaching staff to focus on the actual on-court stuff during the season. So Biancardi's vision is not necessarily like Suddes' focus on recruiting future GT football players (although I am sure Biancardi meant this hypothetical position would include those responsibilities too), but his idea seemed to be that the primary purpose is managing the current roster and trying to keep it intact as much as possible.

 

[Fatmike91]

You don’t need to keep the current roster intact. You need any moves to be predictable.

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[gt24]

You don’t need to keep the current roster intact. You need any moves to be predictable.

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that might have been what he was aiming at. can't recall his exact phrasing.

 

[YlJacket]

Having watched that interview and several others on Packer/Durham, predictability was not what they were thinking. The view of that interview and their general tone overall is that the portal is going to be a very unpredictable factor in roster management and coaching staffs are going to have to be aggressive in both working with the players they have (keep them happy) and having connections with kids in the portal to be able to react quickly when the unpredictable happens. Staffs will be stretched on roster management a lot more than today.

The general theme is this also ties in with NIL with the view from the 2 hosts and guests that they will also need a coach for endorsements to help recruits and players make money to keep them happy so they stay out of the portal.

A brave new world to be sure.