You can easily take 20/25 out of the portal each year. Older, more experience. Hungry, ready to play. Don’t have to deal with all the headaches of these HS kids
I agree with you that the days of the top notch effort to get the elite hs class is gone. If they have a bad freshman year they’re transferring out anyway it’s not like yesteryear where if you had a bad freshman year he would redshirt and then give it a shot another couple of years. Nope if you had a bad gamer to a bad week or two you’re out of there
so I think strong programs use weaker programs as feeders. Riley, for example. I think as long as you are in a position of strength. You go after all of the elite 5*4*top-quality high school guys. And that might be half of your allotment. I think the other half you were going after established proven players at needs by position.
you still have to prime the pump, if nobody gets recruited out of hs, who's goona be in the portal in a couple of years?
Riley has been pretty high on the curve here.
I agree with you that the days of the top notch effort to get the elite hs class is gone. If they have a bad freshman year they’re transferring out anyway it’s not like yesteryear where if you had a bad freshman year he would redshirt and then give it a shot another couple of years. Nope if you had a bad gamer to a bad week or two you’re out of there
so I think strong programs use weaker programs as feeders. Riley, for example. I think as long as you are in a position of strength. You go after all of the elite 5*4*top-quality high school guys. And that might be half of your allotment. I think the other half you were going after established proven players at needs by position.