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Good catch, Ken!

This will impact positively the top ~10 teams and negatively impact the teams just below that: the ones who can recruit quality players who surprise to the upside once they get to college. I can see why Stringer is disappointed, but should a student stay somewhere where she's not happy?

Boy, I hadn't quite thought of it in those terms, but, I suspect that you're dead-on; it's an opportunity for the rich to get richer. There are fewer and fewer undiscovered "diamonds in the rough", and the transfer portal allows those diamonds to get put on the fancy-fingers of the WCBB world.
If a kid is truly unhappy, though, it's a blessing - given how Draconian the current transfer rules are (for players, not coaches; god forbid we should restrict the movement of coaches).
I will confess to enough animosity to C Viv (not Rutgers, per se), that anything that makes her unhappy makes me happy. When my daughter got an unsolicited enticement from Rutgers (she was academically gifted), I wrote a letter detailing that I would never write a check to Rutgers as long as the coaching situation of the WCBB was unchanged.

Ken - you were trying to subvert their expectations.

You're like the straw that stirs the drink.

Hmmmmm, well it's evening so pour me a drink!

pinotbear - Thank you but of course I'm snowed in since it's only mid April in upstate NY and one can't expect decent roads or no flight delays until, say, August. So I'll have to stick with my Kendall Jackson cab sav but I'll be thinking about our joint enjoyment while Ken entertains us.

For many years, the object of Rutgers - as to physical play - was to be as physical as the refs would permit.  I assure you, Rutgers is not the only team to play that way, and yes, it makes ugly basketball, but it is neither dirty nor illegal.  Unfortunately, by playing near the edge you get a reputation and are risking injury (which happened) and risking losing games because of committing too many fouls.  That's how I knew to believe them when they said the idea wasn't to foul, just be as physical as possible.

From what I have seen of more recent teams, they are much less physical.

That said, I have seen instances of teams crossing the line - and the 2 teams involved were Syracuse (pre-Q, actually) and Louisville.  They did physical things and didn't care about the resulting foul.  In one instance, from our seats near the bench, we got to hear Dennis DeMayo tell the Syracuse player that the next time he saw her body slam a player into the scorer's table he would toss her out.  She tried again.  He did.

As to Diamond Johnson - I don't think it was specifically Vivian she was unhappy with, but apparently she was not treated the way she wanted by her teammates, at least according to rumor, which would match up with Viv's remarks.

My pear tree was already in bloom.........too bad. 

teams lower down may prosper as well. Good players who overshot their capabilities and are never going to start for their current team. Wonder if the teams ranked 20 to 40 will have the worst time of it

Anything that vexes CViv pleases me. Never cared for her, but when she accused Geno of a made up slur, well, that finished her. It is her way or the highway and the portal is a great highway on ramp.

Sorry, but this is all on C. Vivian... you recruited a player, spent the whole year with her and yet have no idea why she transferred? Seriously, no idea?? And finally, you conclude the problem is the "portal" and how easy it makes transferring... Maybe the question should be "Who is in charge of your program?"

I don't know what the answer is, if you can't play the same year you transfer. After all, every other college student can participate in every other activity as soon as they transfer.

Like all new things, there will be uncertainty and anxiety. And probably in a couple of years, we'll all adjust to it.

Working on adjusting... seems there should be something inbetween not granting waivers to many deserving players and this free for all. But maybe it's just all or nothing and I admit I would rather have this situation than the blood boiling denials we used to face every year.