Level to me means even.
I find it far from even
i guess it isnt levelled...but it resets every year...unfairly with recent weight to more successful and/or wealthy schools.
its very different now that everything resets every year, basically...which means if you suck now there's a shorter window than ever to turn things around...so its levelled in that way....
before, if you sucked it would take years to build it back up...
I think JB has always been a multi-year...build-the-program coach...which is why he was so successful and just isnt adapting and doesnt truly want to...and hes right thats why k, wright and roy left etc
For me this is the key quote
"We didn't take [many] transfer portal guys," he said.
"If we did do it and did whatever we had to do, I wouldn't feel that good about that. These other [coaches], it doesn't bother them."
I get what he's saying...most coaches dont care a la Willard "stealing" Kadary...or other coaches recruiting players that beat them in the handshake line...the "brotherhood" of college coaches can't be healthy in the current environment...
for instance, i know JB and Wright talked about Swider before he transferred to SU and Im sure it was with both coaches blessings...
that simply is not a consdieration now for most coaches...they would probably just "steal" whomever they can...
which, how can anyone argue is a good thing for the sport??
At the end of the day, the portal, NIL, is the game now...it turns me into less of a fan, tbh, but this is the game and if you want to win you have to play
seems JB is saying he wants to do it his way ...the old school way...the "right way"...and ignore how the game has changed
he doesnt wanna be the guy who takes a good player from a smaller school and hurt that program and hurt that coach...simply for his gain...imo...which I like.
but if SU wants to win, he needs to play the current game...not the ncaa 1980s-90s game he grew up on.
it is time to use the portal.