2022 Transfer Portal

[guest44]

Jordan Anderson to portal

[Flipper]

Better hurry up and sign that extension, Scot....

[jpfalcon09]

Jordan Anderson to portal

Pretty close to what the hockey team went through a couple years ago. These guys have a free year of eligibility and want to turn it into an opportunity with a bigger program. Can't fault them. Unfortunately we're going to replace them with FCS talent or recruited kids and the talent level is going to take a hit.

[mbenecke]

Anderson is another guy that I would expect to get a P5 opportunity.

[jpfalcon09]

Better hurry up and sign that extension, Scot....

Pretty sure he's known for awhile who was headed out the door. You can tell by who they've been targeting in the portal.

[roguewarrior]

Didn’t he say we were losing 10? More like 20.

[footballguy51]

Anders is a graduate transfer. I’m less concerned with that transfer now. It still hurts to lose him, but that is a transfer that would have occurred under the old rules.

[roguewarrior]

Anders is a graduate transfer. I’m less concerned with that transfer now. It still hurts to lose him, but that is a transfer that would have occurred under the old rules.

He’s a guy that could have been retained and anchor the defense for another season? What difference does it make if he is a grad transfer?

[jpfalcon09]

Anders is a graduate transfer. I’m less concerned with that transfer now. It still hurts to lose him, but that is a transfer that would have occurred under the old rules.

He’s a guy that could have been retained and anchor the defense for another season? What difference does it make if he is a grad transfer?

51 is simply suggesting that a player transferring for his graduate year is a bit different than say a junior who is being poached by a P5 program.

[BillyLP]

Anders is a graduate transfer. I’m less concerned with that transfer now. It still hurts to lose him, but that is a transfer that would have occurred under the old rules.

He’s a guy that could have been retained and anchor the defense for another season? What difference does it make if he is a grad transfer?

51 is simply suggesting that a player transferring for his graduate year is a bit different than say a junior who is being poached by a P5 program.

Agreed. A person puts in four years here and wants to finish up somewhere else, no hard feelings from me. Sucks for the program, but I get it. I wasn’t trying to stick around beyond my four years either.

[roguewarrior]

Sims should be next. I asked if this was expected…. ?kid thinks they (coaches) will be shocked.

[hammb]

I have no ill will toward any kids doing what they think is best for themselves. Even if they end up ultimately regretting their decisions, it's not on me to tell them otherwise.

What I will say though is I believe this current portal situation makes "program building" at the MAC level a pipedream. You can't really count on your roster from year to year so I don't really think an ability to build a long term plan is the most important asset for a coach.

This new environment places the ultimate value on a coach who is a teacher and keeps things simple enough that a roster can master it in a single off-season cycle. It places a premium on game planning to maximize the talents you do have.

It's no longer enough (or even important) to maximize HS recruiting, red shirting guys, playing guys for development, etc. Just know that the guys that do develop will leave. The ones who don't develop you'll likely run off to replace with your own transfers anyhow. Instead the focus should always be on today. Keep things simple, and be flexible enough to maximize the talent you do retain.

Maybe the COVID rules will expire and it won't be as wild west crazy as these past 3 yrs but ultimately in I think this is the future of MAC football. And it pains me because I think these skills/qualities that will be valued are the absolute weakest parts of Loeffler's skillset.

[Flipper]

Better hurry up and sign that extension, Scot....

Pretty sure he's known for awhile who was headed out the door. You can tell by who they've been targeting in the portal.

My biggest concern is that we're losing proven FBS talent and replacing it with lightly recruited FCS players. That and many of our HS signees in this class seemed to have few, if any, FBS offers.

Right now...I think we're going to be battling a decimated Kent State team for last place in the east net year

[guest44]

The internet is going to something on the day the Loeffler extension gets announced. Outdated coach, outdated donors, outdated administration obsessed with control.

[jpfalcon09]

I have no ill will toward any kids doing what they think is best for themselves. Even if they end up ultimately regretting their decisions, it's not on me to tell them otherwise.

What I will say though is I believe this current portal situation makes "program building" at the MAC level a pipedream. You can't really count on your roster from year to year so I don't really think an ability to build a long term plan is the most important asset for a coach.

This new environment places the ultimate value on a coach who is a teacher and keeps things simple enough that a roster can master it in a single off-season cycle. It places a premium on game planning to maximize the talents you do have.

It's no longer enough (or even important) to maximize HS recruiting, red shirting guys, playing guys for development, etc. Just know that the guys that do develop will leave. The ones who don't develop you'll likely run off to replace with your own transfers anyhow. Instead the focus should always be on today. Keep things simple, and be flexible enough to maximize the talent you do retain.

Maybe the COVID rules will expire and it won't be as wild west crazy as these past 3 yrs but ultimately in I think this is the future of MAC football. And it pains me because I think these skills/qualities that will be valued are the absolute weakest parts of Loeffler's skillset.

No program building anywhere really. Big time schools are promising big NIL benefits to players from other big time schools. The MAC and the like have become development leagues. Take 2-3 stars and make them 4-5 stars so they can get poached. Year to year is going to have so much variability at this level now, which sucks for us because the players we're going to come to enjoy are bound to take off.

It'll be a thankless job to coach at this level going forward because maintaining success is going to be nearly impossible.