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    That’s if the transfer ever played meaningful minutes and wasn’t riding pine.

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      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      That’s if the transfer ever played meaningful minutes and wasn’t riding pine.
      It isn’t that simple. Coaches see different things in players and some players fit better in different playing systems. Take an outside forward who was riding the bench, transfered and became a stud outside back at another school. I also know a great player who was miserable at a school far from home and transferred close to home and plays a ton. People love to simplify transferring but often there can be many reasons why kids transfer and sometimes it works out great for the player and sometimes not.

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        In other words "it depends." Depends on the player's skill sets, what the coaches see in them, what the coaches need, what their scholarship pot looks like etc. It's a risk for a coach to make a long term commitment to a recruit, while committing to a known transfer is shorter in length. But then a coach will get more from the recruit and be able to mold them into what they want in the long term.

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          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          In other words "it depends." Depends on the player's skill sets, what the coaches see in them, what the coaches need, what their scholarship pot looks like etc. It's a risk for a coach to make a long term commitment to a recruit, while committing to a known transfer is shorter in length. But then a coach will get more from the recruit and be able to mold them into what they want in the long term.
          Your last sentence “depends” on the recruit and what the coach expects of them. Recruits may be gifted, but still not adapt to a coach’s system or get significant minutes if there is a lot of talent on the team. In HS and club they are the standout and maybe the offense revolves around them, but once they get to college they are surrounded by studs. It’s why kids with 100 goal careers in HS or 10 goal seasons in club end up getting 5 goals their entire college career. Some adapt and some don’t.

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            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            Your last sentence “depends” on the recruit and what the coach expects of them. Recruits may be gifted, but still not adapt to a coach’s system or get significant minutes if there is a lot of talent on the team. In HS and club they are the standout and maybe the offense revolves around them, but once they get to college they are surrounded by studs. It’s why kids with 100 goal careers in HS or 10 goal seasons in club end up getting 5 goals their entire college career. Some adapt and some don’t.
            OP here and yes that definitely is true. Regardless of covid and shutdowns the odds of making it four full years through college sports isn't great. Plenty of kids aren't at the right program for them. Their options are try to transfer, take what little PT you can and live with it, or quit. Some are burnt out and are ready to move on with the next chapter. Coaches come and go as well. You may have been the perfect fit for the coach who recruited you, but one year in he leaves and the new guy wants to scrap it all - or you hate the new guy.

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              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              article is behind a paywall, but it looks like a list of HS players who put up gaudy stats on winning teams. All it proves is that HS success is a terrible indicator of "best" players.
              or College success

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