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Post by mnvolly on Dec 15, 2023 23:00:07 GMT -5
The wildest part of this Taylor Landfair transfer is that so many people who criticized her play all season are now dreaming and drooling over her joining their team.
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Post by raian13 on Dec 15, 2023 23:02:46 GMT -5
They should bring back the 1 year sit-down when transferring like for real.
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Post by volleydada4 on Dec 15, 2023 23:06:27 GMT -5
No loyalty anywhere. No one wants to build something special. All about quick wins and easiest path to get there. Good riddance - Landfair was not good this season. Her horrendous defense and passing lost the Gophs a lot of games this year. Not to mention the fact that the offensive attack was never consistent or reaching levels one would think you’d be at after playing so many years in the league. She was lucky that Keegan let her have such a long leash. The freedom to transfer at will is, IMO, one of the worst things to happen to college sports. The coach that recruited her stepped away before last season. All the coaches she knew are gone. She stayed. No credit for that eh? She came to MN in Jan of 2020. It’s Dec of 2023. 4 Seasons of volleyball at one program. No loyalty? Talk bad about her on the way out the door? Who would want to stay around with people like you “cheering” for them? Posts like these make me extremely thankful these ladies have the ability to pursue other opportunities.
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Post by goldengopher12 on Dec 15, 2023 23:11:49 GMT -5
I'm very thankful for Landfair and wish her the absolute best!! Thanks for representing the Gophers well.
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Post by courtwatchers on Dec 15, 2023 23:16:23 GMT -5
I got the impression reading a post on another forum, that this was like the Rollins situation. The U honored their four year scholarship commitment with Landfair and were not offering a 5th year. The poster claims they heard it more or less from "the horses mouth" as people would say.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2023 23:18:29 GMT -5
I got the impression reading a post on another forum, that this was like the Rollins situation. The U honored their four year scholarship commitment with Landfair and were not offering a 5th year. The poster claims they heard it more or less from "the horses mouth" as people would say. oh KC said “you and your 1.90 passing can GO!”
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Post by houstonbear15 on Dec 15, 2023 23:20:09 GMT -5
No loyalty anywhere. No one wants to build something special. All about quick wins and easiest path to get there. Good riddance - Landfair was not good this season. Her horrendous defense and passing lost the Gophs a lot of games this year. Not to mention the fact that the offensive attack was never consistent or reaching levels one would think you’d be at after playing so many years in the league. She was lucky that Keegan let her have such a long leash. The freedom to transfer at will is, IMO, one of the worst things to happen to college sports. Non-student athletes transfer at a higher rate than student athletes do, despite having less reasons to transfer. And quite frankly, the NCAA doesn’t need any more control over the student athlete experience.
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Post by Fight On! on Dec 15, 2023 23:21:55 GMT -5
Emoni Bush in the portal? I thought so, but maybe it was just a rumor.
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Post by minnley on Dec 15, 2023 23:24:08 GMT -5
No loyalty anywhere. No one wants to build something special. All about quick wins and easiest path to get there. Good riddance - Landfair was not good this season. Her horrendous defense and passing lost the Gophs a lot of games this year. Not to mention the fact that the offensive attack was never consistent or reaching levels one would think you’d be at after playing so many years in the league. She was lucky that Keegan let her have such a long leash. The freedom to transfer at will is, IMO, one of the worst things to happen to college sports. Landfair frustrated the hell out of me, but she stuck with the coaching change for a year. I wish her well.
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Post by Fight On! on Dec 15, 2023 23:26:34 GMT -5
someone mentioned it in the Minnesota thread, but it doesn’t seem like it based on her Instagram follows That was me. I saw her name mentioned and assumed it was confirmed but I could be wrong Apologies if that’s the case.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2023 23:31:20 GMT -5
No loyalty anywhere. No one wants to build something special. All about quick wins and easiest path to get there. Good riddance - Landfair was not good this season. Her horrendous defense and passing lost the Gophs a lot of games this year. Not to mention the fact that the offensive attack was never consistent or reaching levels one would think you’d be at after playing so many years in the league. She was lucky that Keegan let her have such a long leash. The freedom to transfer at will is, IMO, one of the worst things to happen to college sports. The only person players have to be loyal to is THEMSELVES. It is THEIR career, not the schools. No player should be stuck at a school if it isn't fitting their goals. The only reason I'd limit tranfers is if it starts hurting parity. Then it would be a limit to how many to an individual school. But so far it seems to me like transfers have helped some schools to get into competitiveness. and honestly the only time I see the 'loyalty' argument come up is when someone loses a player, never when they take advantage of a transfer from someone else. Hypocritical.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Dec 15, 2023 23:43:50 GMT -5
I really think Washington State is banking on a HUGE portal team. It's tough for other schools but the new portal deadlines probably make it easier. You don't want to jump at the first name right away - but if you wait too long - that name might be gone. At least now it's more condensed. I feel like WSU and Oregon. State are gonna have a really really hard time using the portal with no conference
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Post by houstonbear15 on Dec 15, 2023 23:53:38 GMT -5
I mean she gave y’all 4 years. I wouldn’t count her season she got injured. See this is the problem, y’all don’t see these athletes as humans first. She gave 4 YEARS of her life. Even if she was injured, that’s still a year of her life she spent going to practice, cheering her teammates on, being a student, rehabbing an INJURY (like truly putting her body on the line), and dealing with whatever mental challenges that comes with that. Landfair is not obligated to anything besides taking care of herself first and foremost. Whether she’s transferring on her own accord or not, you cannot call into question Landfair’s loyalty to Minnesota.
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Post by dietcokefan on Dec 16, 2023 0:13:36 GMT -5
someone mentioned it in the Minnesota thread, but it doesn’t seem like it based on her Instagram follows She any good? Did she play this year?
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Post by horns1 on Dec 16, 2023 0:25:37 GMT -5
No loyalty anywhere. No one wants to build something special. All about quick wins and easiest path to get there. Good riddance - Landfair was not good this season. Her horrendous defense and passing lost the Gophs a lot of games this year. Not to mention the fact that the offensive attack was never consistent or reaching levels one would think you’d be at after playing so many years in the league. She was lucky that Keegan let her have such a long leash. The freedom to transfer at will is, IMO, one of the worst things to happen to college sports. Yeah, it's okay for coaches to bounce from one job to another (cough, cough Keegan), but it's not okay for players to find their best option. Keegan very "lucky" Landfair gave him a chance for one season.
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