We just knocked it out of the park in the transfer portal and the class of 2023, with both potentially being the best in school history. Which group of 3 players will have the biggest impact on our program while they are at U of R? Also, What should the role of the transfer portal be verse high school recruits.
Changes in the transfer rules have revolutionized the transfer portal by significantly increasing the quality of players, where there is a much higher degree of accuracy in predicting the quality of a player. We have so much talent on this team, that I see 2-3 guys transferring every year that are not getting a lot of minutes, which means the transfer portal will play a much larger roll going forward. Our success in the portal also takes some of the pressure off of high school recruiting by allowing us to not have to fill all open position. Finally, I think we have a chance of recruiting 4 star quality players like Quinn through the portal, that we have not been able to get out of high school.
In reviewing Richmond's all-time high quality recruiting list on 247sports there are a lot of great players with some of the lower ranked players (Grant Golden and ShawnDre’ Jones) ending up as some of our top players and some of our top ranked not panning out. My guess of the players on this list about 30% never make it to full time starters. It is very difficult to predict how well a player will make the transition from high school to college. With that said, I am very excited about this years class.
Changes in the transfer rules have revolutionized the transfer portal by significantly increasing the quality of players, where there is a much higher degree of accuracy in predicting the quality of a player. We have so much talent on this team, that I see 2-3 guys transferring every year that are not getting a lot of minutes, which means the transfer portal will play a much larger roll going forward. Our success in the portal also takes some of the pressure off of high school recruiting by allowing us to not have to fill all open position. Finally, I think we have a chance of recruiting 4 star quality players like Quinn through the portal, that we have not been able to get out of high school.
In reviewing Richmond's all-time high quality recruiting list on 247sports there are a lot of great players with some of the lower ranked players (Grant Golden and ShawnDre’ Jones) ending up as some of our top players and some of our top ranked not panning out. My guess of the players on this list about 30% never make it to full time starters. It is very difficult to predict how well a player will make the transition from high school to college. With that said, I am very excited about this years class.
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