Over 2000 kids in the portal, it's the kids and parents.
Players have left Duke and Carolina as well.
Nance had already graduated and wanted to go pro. Pros said you went good enough so he went to Carolina cause they had a spot with Manek leaving. He will be a stretch 4 in a more athletic league. if he was good enough, he would be a two way player in the NBA and nothing would be said.
Young will luck out as Duke has some injuries, but will just be a piece and ride the coattails of the freshman.
Rutger made the tournament and had most of the team coming back, Johnson still decide to transfer to UCLA.
Emini Bates is at his 3 college in 2 years. Plus attended multiple high schools. That's today's players.
My favorite is their is a player in the A10. 4 different high schools and is on his 3rd colege team in 3 years.
It's a bigger issue than NU and Collins.
Even though coaches cannot contact a player from another school. Players can reach out on behalf of coaches with social media. That's the under current of recruiting.
Simmons struggled his first year in the conference. Went through the summer workouts and then decided to tranfer, he went to Yale. Conference is a little easier and closer to home. Yale had originally recruited him. Is that Collins fault?
I understand the frustration, but 3 new assistants and they probably will be looking for a different type of player that will hopefully turn things around with new players and hold the current players accountable and ask different thing on defense. Be tougher
Players don't leave basketball programs unless they are
unhappy with their situation, relative to their expectations.
Was Anthony Gaines a pro prospect? No. He decided to go to grad school at Siena, closer to home. On paper, thats not a smart decision.
Barret Benson was intelligent enough to graduate NU in 3 years. Instead of sticking around, he left to go to grad school at SIU, where he could get more playing time. On paper thats a bad move.
Ryan Young finished his degree and sought better opportunities. He found one at Duke. Having been shortchanged by his coach, he felt no desire to stick around. Smart move.
Pete Nance tested the NBA waters and learned that playing out of position is not good for one's draft prospects. He went to a far better situation at North Carolina, where he could make up for lost time (developmentally).
Rapolas Ivanauskas was the prototype for Pete Nance. Stretch 4-5. A lanky 6'10", pretty good shooter. Collins redshirted him, then he got hurt, got buried on the bench. His father decided that Collins had no idea what he was doing. Son left NU to become Patriot League player of the year the following season. He's in his 3rd year of European play.
Casey Simmons arrived in Evanston with a lot of fanfare. After a single year in which his playing time diminished, he left to go to Yale. Who knows what promises were made when he was recruited? Who knows what the coaches told him during the summer to convince him to pursue that Yale diploma...
Miller Kopp was supposed to be a team leader. He played heavy minutes for 3 years and then abruptly transferred to a school with less academic prestige. An odd move... and he criticized Collins on his way out the door.
The story on Doug Collins was that he took credit for wins and blamed the players for losses.
And his teams turned on him.
The story on Chris Collins a couple years ago was that "the word is out that he's in over his head."
If both Matt Nicholson and Luke Hunger stay out of the transfer portal after this season, I'll be surprised.
