Official Portal Watch

[HikeNatParks]

Stubborn old guy take: NIL makes counting transfers on a team’s roster nonsensical. Advocate or critic, few fans of any school care that deeply who or how many athletes are displaced, only how much better the transfers make their team. Denying this fact doesn’t make it any less true.
And while that’s a somewhat frosty side of human nature, it’s also heartwarmingly natural to want the Glazier’s and Barraclough’s of the sport to wreak havoc on their brackets next March.

 

[DonHawkeye]

Stubborn old guy take: NIL makes counting transfers on a team’s roster nonsensical. Advocate or critic, few fans of any school care that deeply who or how many athletes are displaced, only how much better the transfers make their team. Denying this fact doesn’t make it any less true.
And while that’s a somewhat frosty side of human nature, it’s also heartwarmingly natural to want the Glazier’s and Barraclough’s of the sport to wreak havoc on their brackets next March.

This is it. In the current landscape, Recruiting transfers is recruiting. Guys on teams have gotten butthurt since the dawn of time when coach recruits a big-time stud high schooler at his weight. This is not much different than that.

 

[el dub]

Stubborn old guy take: NIL makes counting transfers on a team’s roster nonsensical. Advocate or critic, few fans of any school care that deeply who or how many athletes are displaced, only how much better the transfers make their team. Denying this fact doesn’t make it any less true.
And while that’s a somewhat frosty side of human nature, it’s also heartwarmingly natural to want the Glazier’s and Barraclough’s of the sport to wreak havoc on their brackets next March.

It might be a win/win situation these strange daze. It’s possible for someone like ZG to enter the portal and get a bigger sack than their first school provided, no? (Maybe not leaving Iowa?)

 

[IAChief32]

Stubborn old guy take: NIL makes counting transfers on a team’s roster nonsensical. Advocate or critic, few fans of any school care that deeply who or how many athletes are displaced, only how much better the transfers make their team. Denying this fact doesn’t make it any less true.
And while that’s a somewhat frosty side of human nature, it’s also heartwarmingly natural to want the Glazier’s and Barraclough’s of the sport to wreak havoc on their brackets next March.

Yea...it sucks and I really wouldn't be too pissed if ZG did indeed wreak some havoc. Kid did everything right except at NCAAs. If we could have pointed to a Rd of 12 finish and a loss to a stud to keep him out, then he might still be in business (like Murin). But he lost to a 26 seed in the first round who went 19-11 and lost to the guy who Buchanan majored.

 

[Hawkeye in DFW]

Yea...it sucks and I really wouldn't be too pissed if ZG did indeed wreak some havoc. Kid did everything right except at NCAAs. If we could have pointed to a Rd of 12 finish and a loss to a stud to keep him out, then he might still be in business (like Murin). But he lost to a 26 seed in the first round who went 19-11 and lost to the guy who Buchanan majored.

ZG had a great year and it just didn’t work at nationals. He has one year left and if I were him, I would leave too. Totally understand that he wants to guarantee wrestling his last year and wish him the best. Entirely possible he could AA this year.