Elijah Moore transferring to Utah

[JaySU22]

The list of players who struggled as freshmen and had good careers after is quite long. Moore had more success than a lot of players that ended up fan favorites here.

Maybe my expectations were too high but was hoping for more than 3-4 impactful games considering his recruiting rank and some people thinking his ranking was even underrated. Market wasn’t too impressed either. Utes haven’t been relevant in 9 years.

 

[Nicknack]

With the HS kids they're recruiting them in many cases since 8th grade and sign as juniors and fans are waiting for two years for them to step on the court. He showed what his upside could be. Didn't seem like the coaches developed him at all as the season wore on. ...and now he's on some random school he never once considered. It all seems like a giant waste of time and resources.

Yeah, no question. I can't even imagine the toll this has on coaches who are recruiting these kids for years and they land them but they leave after one year.

It would be really interesting if there was a way to measure the development of players in today's portal/NIL era to the development of players when they (most) stayed at one school. I think there are a lot of negative consequences of this wild wild west that most people don't even discuss, and I'm talking player development as well as development as a young person.