To build a solid depth chart with long-term stability you want guys who come in out of HS develop in the system, contribute multiple years and keep class balance.
Portal is great for immediate needs but doesn't provide the long term stability.
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Portal is great for immediate needs but doesn't provide the long term stability.
You do realize what you are asking, and to whom you ask it.
College Free Agency is brand new and the fact that it's being talked about it like it's the same thing as adding JUCO kids and guys with one year of eligibility is just false. As I said, only one of the seven transfers CU picked up has less than 3 years of eligibility (Barnes, who is a 2 to play 2). Toll is a 5 to play 4 guy, so that's essentially like grabbing a high school recruit (I acknowledge the 5 to play 4 aren't going to happen again really). The rest are 4 to play 3 or 3 to play 3. That's about as long term as you need a guy to be in a program now, especially when they have spent a year or two in another P5 program and don't need to spend a year or two developing at CU.
I'm not saying half of every class can be from the transfer portal and of course you need to recruit high school kids, but again, the transfer portal has changed everything about roster construction in CFB, so to recycle the common wisdom that transfers are just short term band aids just isn't true.
With the rule changes, if you aren't using the transfer market to flip your team with talent/depth issues, then you will be left behind. There are only a few programs that can solely use HS recruiting going forward. Be prepared to see CU use this heavily and that is a good thing. CU will never be able to build its program via transfers but I do think we could legitimately see 2-5 transfers every year.
It is the 2020's version of JUCOs in the 1990's, but we can compete on an equal playing field.
SIAP… Good luck to him. One less TE!
The right choice for him, though. Once the body starts breaking down, it's time.
Good Luck to Poplawski in everything he does! God and his body sadly did not let him be the best Buff he could be, and that is not fair, but he has a lot of life ahead of him. Buff4Life
Best recruit Bernardi ever brought in
Wait, Bernardi landed a recruit?
There was that OT gray shirt we developed for a couple years before he transferred to Nebraska