Mid Major blues at Robert Morris

[OldHare]

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The transfer list grows by the minute. Here is some that are in the mix.
https://twitter.com/JonRothstein?ref...Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Memphis is not immune to the transfer bug.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/k-...210457723.html

[SDSUAlum08]

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Controversial take: I think all players should be able to transfer wherever they want without any sitting out or anything.

I disagree. It would never work. They should remove the grad transfer rule but let all players transfer and play right away if there is a change in their head coach.

[SF_Rabbit_Fan]

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I am 100% convinced that if Mike Daum was informed by NBA owners/scouts/agents that he was a guaranteed first-round pick with a guaranteed NBA contract he would have left after this year. IMO, you just cannot pass that up, especially coming from a mid-major with little to no national tv exposure.

Blasphemy, I know.

You are right. Turning down 7 figure guaranteed income for another year of college would be dumb.

[TK22867]

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I feel like he's smart enough to realize that he's still got plenty to work on and that any 'promising' would be false. If he came out now, I don't know if he even gets drafted. Another big year and he could probably secure a draft spot, but at that point you might as well finish it out and secure an education.

I am 100% convinced that if Mike Daum was informed by NBA owners/scouts/agents that he was a guaranteed first-round pick with a guaranteed NBA contract he would have left after this year. IMO, you just cannot pass that up, especially coming from a mid-major with little to no national tv exposure.

Blasphemy, I know.

[filbert]

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So . . . playing and winning the "play-in" game . . . good thing for Robert Morris, or bad thing for Robert Morris?

[BTownJack]

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To me the biggest worry is having him leave as a grad transfer after his 4th year at SDSU (leaving 1 year of eligibility left) - which is very possible. That is the downfall of red-shirting players now. You are guarded that they lose a year of eligibility if they transfer during their career as stated above. But it gives them a year head start academically which means they are more likely in a position to graduate and transfer.

[CappinHard]

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He won't transfer...but another monster year and an agent 'promising' that you'll be a 1st round pick if you declare...

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I feel like he's smart enough to realize that he's still got plenty to work on and that any 'promising' would be false. If he came out now, I don't know if he even gets drafted. Another big year and he could probably secure a draft spot, but at that point you might as well finish it out and secure an education.

[jacks1]

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Honestly, I don't see it. What would be the benefit? If he would transfer, it had better be a top tier program, and if he does that he won't be the star and might not even start on some of them. If he stays at SDSU and racks up stats, he'll get drafted and get his shot, just like he would if he transferred.

He won't transfer...but another monster year and an agent 'promising' that you'll be a 1st round pick if you declare...

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[CappinHard]

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Careful...

Honestly, I don't see it. What would be the benefit? If he would transfer, it had better be a top tier program, and if he does that he won't be the star and might not even start on some of them. If he stays at SDSU and racks up stats, he'll get drafted and get his shot, just like he would if he transferred.

[jacks1]

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I completely agree. That's part of the reason why I love mid major sports so much, because you can watch players like Zenner, Wolters, Wieneke, Goedert, and Daum for 4 years without worrying about them jump ship to go to a higher level, or even to the pros.

Careful...

[CappinHard]

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A couple of years of this happening to star players on "my" team would make me lose interest in the sport real quick.

I completely agree. That's part of the reason why I love mid major sports so much, because you can watch players like Zenner, Wolters, Wieneke, Goedert, and Daum for 4 years without worrying about them jump ship to go to a higher level, or even to the pros.

[Justwin]

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Controversial take: I think all players should be able to transfer wherever they want without any sitting out or anything.

They would never have to eat vegetables...

[RabbitObsessed]

Re: Mid Major blues at Robert Morris

Controversial take: I think all players should be able to transfer wherever they want without any sitting out or anything.

[Justwin]

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If this trend continues, the days of mid-major programs red-shirting players may be over, unless necessary because of injuries.

I'm not sure that would be a bad thing. Teams are built in an entirely different way now than they were 10 years ago. Coaches are expected to win Now not later.

[jacks1]

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If this trend continues, the days of mid-major programs red-shirting players may be over, unless necessary because of injuries.

Or the opposite. Once you redshirt, the only way you are transferring (aside from medical or rare family reasons) without losing a year of eligibility is: A) Transferring down in division, or B) being eligible as a grad transfer. Had Daum not redshirted, his ability to transfer and sit, without losing a year, would have been a lot hotter topic...