(04-01-2021 07:44 AM)ShadyP Wrote:  

(04-01-2021 07:31 AM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  I will be honest, I didn't see Taylor or Harvey transferring as a surprise. Taylor may not have been totally on board with changing positions and wants to play more at his natural position, which I get. Harvey saw his playing time go up after Matt's injury, but he and Christmas were Lou recruits that seemed to be recruited over. We have discussed Christmas on here before, but I think he's got a ton of talent. I think he will do well wherever he ends up. The Mensah transfer was out of left field. HCMB 2.0 seemed very high on him before his injury, and I figured once his foot issues were resolved he'd be playing a lot of minutes at the 5. Unless Mensah figured he was only going to be getting Jacobs' minutes, I don't get it. It seemed like the coaching staff had his back, but there is a lot we don't know behind the scenes.

I don't see Taylor (who played what 10 minutes all season), Harvey (who played <10 minutes/game and had little offense), and Mensah (who playes @20 minutes all season) as any loss whatsoever. I feel Coach By can bring in equal or better talent there that more fits his style of play.

I think Christmas is the only transfer out that I would even label as having any significance, but at that he was a rotational player that seemed to have difficulty 'buying' in to what Coach By was trying to implement at times. And if he is not 100% 'in' I would rather him leave and bring in someone who is 100% committed. I know every recruit is not 'hit' but it seems like Coach By had more 'hits' than 'misses' in year 1 so I like the chances of him bring in at least 3 guys that are an upgrade in talent.

Agreed. As we all know and has been reported, the staff was in a challenging position of being new during the start of the COVID restrictions. They may never have taken Taylor or Mensah under other circumstances. Either way, that is moot now that they have entered the the transfer black hole.

With over 1000 names in the portal to go through, plus the JUCO' s (who are still playing I think) it is difficult to follow. Difficult in terms of, there are plenty of players with good stats and limited eligibility remaining vs unproven younger players based on limited production on the court.

I wouldn't want to be a college basketball coach trying to keep a roster together and slap on new parts from the transfer pile.