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Message: [QUOTE="50YRsofCuse, post: 5019143, member: 6044"] I have a question regarding players that Syracuse recruited and that went to other schools and are now in the portal. Why does Syracuse want any player that is leaving their schools to go into the portal? There are various reasons that someone goes into the portal (looking for more playing time, transferring to be closer to home, more NIL$, change in coaching and finally just didn’t like the school). Still if an ancillary reason is that they did not perform up to expectations, why take a risk on those players? If the coaching staff believes that any portal player has unrealized potential, sure I understand taking a flyer. Don’t feel that there is a guaranteed player that will improve team in the next year. There is risk in selecting any player (portal or high school). Look at last year’s portal. Kyle Cuffe, Jr, JJ Starling, Chance Westry and McLoed all transferred in. I am personally happy that Starling is in a Syracuse uniform where other fans say that he isn’t living up to expectations. McLoed got hurt but was not a good player to bring with. He had size which can’t be taught. Westry who has been hyped never got on to the court due to injuries. Cuffe injured initially never really saw significant playing time. Where I think that portal helped Syracuse last year, the portal class grade was closer to a C+/B- based on injuries and poor fits. Do I believe that JJ will get better and Chance will help improve the team in 2023, yes? We heavily recruited both JJ and Chance in High school. Cuffe was not recruited that much and McLoed was not recruited by Syracuse at all. Do we try to recruit what we know (have recruited before) or recruit players based on what we have heard? No matter what Syracuse does, the risk is present. It is a crap shoot. [/QUOTE]

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