awaken
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Decreasing the number of football scholarships helps this issue, too. It also helps with Title IX compliance.
I would put a different process in place
Once you sign, you are committed to a school until you have attended one academic semester at that school. Then you may transfer anytime until your entering class peers complete two academic years. You can be immediately eligible at the new school.
After that, you can transfer, but must sit out a year, until you graduate. Once you receive a degree, you can again transfer and be immediately eligible at your new school. If you have remaining eligibility.
In addition, if the head coach leaves for any reason, the new head coach gets a 30 day window during which players cannot leave. After that window, players have until the end of the academic year (or June 1) to decide. If they leave, they can be immediately eligible at the new school.
Players can leave for professional opportunities anytime they meet the requirements of the profession.
IMHO, a system like this would balance the effort coaches put into recruiting with the fact that the recruited high school athletes are teenagers and may find that their initial choice was a mistake. After two years, they should have a pretty good idea where they stand and then, by staying, it seems reasonable to lock them in more tightly until graduation. That way the student-athlete fulfills the student part of the deal.
Who said KWIII should be forced to stay at Wake ?
Lumped all together although some dissimilarities are Chris Givens, Kenneth Walker, III, Jamie Newman, Sage Surratt, et. al. They could be more sensitive than outsiders realize. If true, and speculating to make a counter point, then one might argue that WF is actually very good at developing the sensitive high maintenance personalities whereas other programs would fail these guys. KWIII’s remaining college career is yet to be seen but Newman/Givens did not have much success elsewhere and Surratt is voluntarily not playing in college so he’s voluntarily had no more college success. Is it probable that Clawson is actually better than most in coaching up the needy competitors?
Over time this has become more and more trueI imagine there is a culture issue for athletes at Wake Forest. The demographics of the typical "Wake Forest student" is much different than the student demographic at most colleges and universities. It's a tough fit for those don't meet the profile.
Are you talking about Hines not Givens?
Tabari left because he was going to be Dortch’s backup. Surratt opted out of a pandemic season while still recovering from shoulder surgery. Those 2 shouldn’t be in the same conversation as Newman who left for a bigger spotlight and Walker who just didn’t get along with some coaches. I don’t think those few unfortunate situations indicate there’s culture issue at Wake by any means.
Tabari left because he was going to be Dortch’s backup. Surratt opted out of a pandemic season while still recovering from shoulder surgery. Those 2 shouldn’t be in the same conversation as Newman who left for a bigger spotlight and Walker who just didn’t get along with some coaches. I don’t think those few unfortunate situations indicate there’s culture issue at Wake by any means.
"To walk in my greatness" yeah that's not a culture issue, me thinks that could be an ego thing.
maybe it's just a quote he likes
Counterpoint: when you *can* keep the quality of person and player like Boogie happy enough to remain in the program -- I'd call that the better measure of "culture"