***Official portal tracker thread***

[CycloneVet]

Losing Hansen is obviously a bigger deal, but this sounds like cope, people were always way harder on Sama for some reason even though his YPC this year was the same as Hansen.

He was much better this year

 

[isucy86]

I have zero doubt that some of these "agents" are giving kids bad advice and they're clearly part of the problem here.

At the same time, I don't know that it's in their best interest to tell some kid making $X at ISU he should go in the portal if he's not reasonably certain he can get at least $X elsewhere. That is, of course, assuming said agent already has a relationship with the player.

Part of the issue is this is the Wild West. At least in pro sports, when free agent signs, the contract amount & length is public info.

There needs to be structure and transparency, otherwise the bad actors are rewarded.

 

[Newell]

You wouldn't have your new players until the summer. You would eliminate spring practice.

You wouldn't eliminate Spring practice. It would be the same as it always was. You would have players who want to play at Iowa State. It's asinine for an 8 win team to not have a bowl game because we only have 17 players on the roster.

 

[isucy86]

Or dare I ask. Has the rot settled in?

Too soon

Not possible. I doubt Jimmy Rogers sits or stands still long enough for rot to settle-in.

 

[twincyties]

Part of the issue is this is the Wild West. At least in pro sports, when free agent signs, the contract amount & length is public info.

There needs to be structure and transparency, otherwise the bad actors are rewarded.

Agree it would be tremendously helpful because at that point the athletes know who is actually doing a good job, who has connections, who is giving good advice, etc.

 

[Newell]

Good luck with that. Do you ever want to win a recruiting battle again? People need to understand the players have the power. Any punitive act against them is not going to be viewed well by athletes as a whole and other schools are going to jump on it to recruit against you, it might feel good to exact some kind of revenge, but that is not how you play this

We are bringing in 3 star transfers and signing 3 star recruits. The only thing different is we would have 3 star recruits who want to play at Iowa State. Better than paying for academics, room and board and a state of the art training facility for players who don't want to be at Iowa State.

 

[CyclonesRock]

I thought franklins recruiting class followed him and he didn’t lose them.

Correct, my reference was to the school, PSU, and not the coach.

 

[DrClone]

Sama leaving doesn’t hurt at all. He runs east-west, and if there is no gaping hole, he’s a non factor. He couldn’t break tackles and had horrible runningback vision. If he was truly one of the top paid players, him leaving actually helps ISU and it explains why he got so much playing time. If it wasn’t for the KSU game when he was a freshman, no one would care he’s leaving.

I agree if he was the top paid player he was overpaid. Many players that were more important to our success. However, i think he was a good RB. His ypc was almost the same as Hansen and he had some nice games when Hansen was hurt. I think he was getting better at hitting the hole and will likely be better next year.

 

[ZmillaTLK]

 

[NENick]

There will be 15+ first day

Most of whom have already announced.
The panic will set in if/when it takes a few days for the dust to clear and an actual roster get filled.

 

[Die4Cy]

You wouldn't have your new players until the summer. You would eliminate spring practice.

So what? Add an extra week before fall camp to acclimate freshmen and transfers. You could still have spring practice for the team without them.

 

[Ankency]

Neither are playing in it this year.

Yah because all their good coaches are here!!

 

[ZmillaTLK]

Most of whom have already announced.
The panic will set in if/when it takes a few days for the dust to clear and an actual roster get filled.

I’m not talking about 26’ recruit flips from WSU

 

[Die4Cy]

I'd like February 1 to be coach official moving day and March 1 to be portal opening for players moving for the start of summer. All players and coaches would be required to remain where they are until then. It lets the season get fully completed, lets coaching searches happen out in the open and be announced without throwing everything out of whack, then permits new staff to have time to evaluate and meet with a multi million dollar roster before it evaporates within a week of coming to campus. A later, longer transfer portal genuinely provides players a greater opportunity to find a good fit.

 

[cyclone82]

Really don’t need Hawthorne, Manske or any other of our young studs with 2 or more years left to end up in suckeyeville .
But…. pretty sure the lying, cheating , stealing, racist,arrogant, tyrant kkkirk has been tampering with our players.
Tom Kahert basically said as much on kxno show Mon afternoon, said “ you have to contact those potential portal kids early” .

 

[cyclone82]

Who is this kid ? Where from? ‘26 class?

 

[Raywswartz]

You wouldn't eliminate Spring practice. It would be the same as it always was. You would have players who want to play at Iowa State. It's asinine for an 8 win team to not have a bowl game because we only have 17 players on the roster.

Or have spring practice in the summer. Kids getting pd should work for it all year now

 

[WISCY1895]

Who is this kid ? Where from? ‘26 class?

2026 commit flip. WR from Texas

 

[ISUCubswin]

I believe Polite was the #3 recruit for Wazzu before committing here

 

[Mr Janny]

We are bringing in 3 star transfers and signing 3 star recruits. The only thing different is we would have 3 star recruits who want to play at Iowa State. Better than paying for academics, room and board and a state of the art training facility for players who don't want to be at Iowa State.

It's just an incredibly short sighted and naive way of thinking. I understand the knee jerk desire, but you need to acknowledge reality, and stop acting like a jilted lover. If we only took guys who wanted to come to Iowa State we'd be at the bottom of the Big 12 more often than not. Such is the lot of a school in a small population state, in a less than sexy part of the country, with not much in the way of traditional success, and sharing recruiting territory with another power conference school.
Punishing an athlete for doing something that is completely within the rules, and is done by hundreds and hundreds of athletes at other schools, comes off so ridiculously petty. If it came down to deciding between ISU and another school, all they have to say is "If you sign here, we don't think you're ever going to want to transfer, but if circumstances change and you think that's what's best for you, we won't hold it against you. ISU on the other hand, will pull your scholarship, boot you from your dorm, and ban you from the workout facility." Which option do you think is going to be picked more often?

Again, it's understandable to feel slighted when players leave, and you find out that they care less about Iowa State than you do, but you need to make your peace with it, because that's how it works.