While USC was a WINNER, UCLA came out a LOSER in transfer portal
Zack Pearson - 47m ago
.. . ‘Yes, the portal struggles don’t necessarily mean UCLA will be a bad team, but the way things went last season, it really feels like Chip Kelly needed to do a good job reconstructing his roster this offseason. Right now, it doesn’t look like that happened.”…
While USC was a winner, UCLA came out a loser in transfer portal (msn.com)
For the second straight year, the transfer portal has been an active one. Teams have taken advantage of the new rules to land players. That’s especially the case in the Pac-12.
While USC has done fantastic job of landing talent to help build the 2022 roster under Lincoln Riley, a rival has really struggled in that area. It could lead to the departure of their head coach if things don’t turn around next season.
The Mercury News broke down how Pac-12 teams did in the transfer portal this offseason and as USC was named a winner. UCLA was on the other end of things, being labeled as a loser:
The 320-pound (Gary) Smith should help the interior of the defensive line. But combine the losses of (Jay) Shaw and receiver Chase Cota, and the Bruins are running a slight net-negative at this point. However, we’ll place two caveats on the situation: The lure of UCLA’s graduate programs could lead to several late-spring developments of a positive nature; also, newcomer Laiatu Latu, an edge rusher whose career started at Washington, has the potential to make a first-rate impact.
The 320-pound (Gary) Smith should help the interior of the defensive line. But combine the losses of (Jay) Shaw and receiver Chase Cota, and the Bruins are running a slight net-negative at this point. However, we’ll place two caveats on the situation: The lure of UCLA’s graduate programs could lead to several late-spring developments of a positive nature; also, newcomer Laiatu Latu, an edge rusher whose career started at Washington, has the potential to make a first-rate impact.
Other losers named in the article: Oregon State, Washington, Stanford, and Colorado. UCLA struggled to land talent this offseason via the portal, losing Dillon Gabriel, who opted to join the Bruins and then changed his mind to go to Oklahoma.
Kelley is old, set in his ways and not all that great. His days of innovating are long past.
BigBallss, gotta give credit to El Doctor because nobody knows Vodoo like SC. SC is an expert at Vodoo and he proved it again by crippling Brother Bruin. Right SC?
kinda harsh El T. OUR bruins LOSERS? very harsh.
great post Amigo