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Post by ay2013 on Jan 3, 2024 20:00:07 GMT -5
Why wouldn't she also be a great addition to Nebraska? I would rather see her at a place like PSU where she can help a team become a title contender. I am afraid the portal is going to really hurt the parody of the sport. The sport has seen great strides in the last decade or two because kids are getting stronger and better. A kid outside the top 100 now would be near the top of recruiting 25 years ago. But I think the portal is going to create super teams (Texas fan here so not necessarily complaining). About 10 year ago they created a D1 mens league in the city I lived in. At first it was great competition full of A and AA players. Over the years however all the AA players who were spread out between all the teams started teaming up and created one super team that now beats up on all the other teams. I feel like this is what the portal is going to create. Even back in 2011 when UCLA won I felt like there were 10-15 teams that could have seriously won it that year. This year I think there were 5. I have a hard time understanding someone who takes issue with the lack of parity in the sport, but specifically wants a good player to go to Penn State, which, checks notes, has won almost 40% of the championships in the last 15 years.
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Post by brybast on Jan 3, 2024 20:10:06 GMT -5
I was away from several days ... so Landfair to Nebraska? Did Cook give up on making Batenhorst and Krause great?
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Post by hookem1 on Jan 3, 2024 20:11:49 GMT -5
I was away from several days ... so Landfair to Nebraska? Did Cook give up on making Batenhorst and Krause great? Make Ally Great Again
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Post by ay2013 on Jan 3, 2024 20:11:51 GMT -5
Why wouldn't she also be a great addition to Nebraska? I would rather see her at a place like PSU where she can help a team become a title contender. I am afraid the portal is going to really hurt the parody of the sport. The sport has seen great strides in the last decade or two because kids are getting stronger and better. A kid outside the top 100 now would be near the top of recruiting 25 years ago. But I think the portal is going to create super teams (Texas fan here so not necessarily complaining). About 10 year ago they created a D1 mens league in the city I lived in. At first it was great competition full of A and AA players. Over the years however all the AA players who were spread out between all the teams started teaming up and created one super team that now beats up on all the other teams. I feel like this is what the portal is going to create. Even back in 2011 when UCLA won I felt like there were 10-15 teams that could have seriously won it that year. This year I think there were 5. Also, to be specific, I don't think the portal is what is actually causing the lack of parity at the top. Grad transfers being able to play immediately has always been the case, and even if undergrads still had to sit a year, the programs could adjust around that. At the program level, it's the new pay-to-play/subversion of scholarship limits, and these programs continually breaking recruiting rules with no consequence that do far more to entrench a handful of teams at the top. At the structural level, the move to give the top 4 seeds regional hosting privileges in the second half of the 2010's was the first shot at getting more parity in the sport.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2024 20:12:58 GMT -5
I was away from several days ... so Landfair to Nebraska? Did Cook give up on making Batenhorst and Krause great? Make Ally Great Again oh that’s not-
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Post by Cooper on Jan 3, 2024 20:17:43 GMT -5
I would rather see her at a place like PSU where she can help a team become a title contender. I am afraid the portal is going to really hurt the parody of the sport. The sport has seen great strides in the last decade or two because kids are getting stronger and better. A kid outside the top 100 now would be near the top of recruiting 25 years ago. But I think the portal is going to create super teams (Texas fan here so not necessarily complaining). About 10 year ago they created a D1 mens league in the city I lived in. At first it was great competition full of A and AA players. Over the years however all the AA players who were spread out between all the teams started teaming up and created one super team that now beats up on all the other teams. I feel like this is what the portal is going to create. Even back in 2011 when UCLA won I felt like there were 10-15 teams that could have seriously won it that year. This year I think there were 5. I have a hard time understanding someone who takes issue with the lack of parity in the sport, but specifically wants a good player to go to Penn State, which, checks notes, has won almost 40% of the championships in the last 15 years. Well, they did say "parody," so maybe they were trying to be funny?
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Post by hornshouse23 on Jan 3, 2024 20:20:01 GMT -5
I almost made a joke, but by the grace of god I found the backspace button.
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Post by belgianhusker on Jan 3, 2024 20:33:01 GMT -5
But in the spirit of social media clues, I find it more interesting that neither AllyB nor Krause commented on/liked/shared TayLa’s announcement. I don't want to read too much into all of this but Ally did actually like the announcement. Just to keep things correct.
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Post by chibadgerfan on Jan 3, 2024 20:49:03 GMT -5
Why wouldn't she also be a great addition to Nebraska? ... Even back in 2011 when UCLA won I felt like there were 10-15 teams that could have seriously won it that year. This year I think there were 5. Maybe you’re remembering with rose-colored lenses? The only team winning it back then was Penn State, everybody else combined was “the field”.
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Post by staticb on Jan 3, 2024 20:54:34 GMT -5
Why wouldn't she also be a great addition to Nebraska? I would rather see her at a place like PSU where she can help a team become a title contender. I am afraid the portal is going to really hurt the parody of the sport. The sport has seen great strides in the last decade or two because kids are getting stronger and better. A kid outside the top 100 now would be near the top of recruiting 25 years ago. But I think the portal is going to create super teams (Texas fan here so not necessarily complaining). About 10 year ago they created a D1 mens league in the city I lived in. At first it was great competition full of A and AA players. Over the years however all the AA players who were spread out between all the teams started teaming up and created one super team that now beats up on all the other teams. I feel like this is what the portal is going to create. Even back in 2011 when UCLA won I felt like there were 10-15 teams that could have seriously won it that year. This year I think there were 5. She only as one year left. There is no school where Blackwell can go to that will take them from also ran to an instant contender. I would say she's amazing but she's not that kind of player. She's more "finishing piece to an already really good team" type of player. Your A/AA men's league needs to be a draft league.
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Post by babybacksets on Jan 3, 2024 20:56:32 GMT -5
I was away from several days ... so Landfair to Nebraska? Did Cook give up on making Batenhorst and Krause great? 💀💀💀
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2024 20:57:54 GMT -5
For what it’s worth Blackwell is also following Oregon and UCLA. She’d be more of a game changer at one of those schools than she would a school that’s returning both their starting middles
Edit: based on insta follows Vernon seems to have narrowed it down to Illinois, Michigan State and Mizzou. Since MSU just got Preston I’d assume they’re on the outs for her.
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Post by babybacksets on Jan 3, 2024 21:05:17 GMT -5
For what it’s worth Blackwell is also following Oregon and UCLA. She’d be more of a game changer at one of those schools than she would a school that’s returning both their starting middles Agreed. As annoying as transfers like Landfair and Booth were, they just went to their second choice school from who was recruiting them out of high school. I wish there were more players that were open towards boosting a program up to national prominence vs going to an already star studded program. I honestly would like to know the players’ perspective on the whole thing. Would be a great interview for the Out of System boys.
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Post by stanfordvb on Jan 3, 2024 21:07:14 GMT -5
I almost made a joke, but by the grace of god I found the backspace button. I think I almost just made the same joke
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