Question

As coachevans26 has looked back and found a great thread in the cost of instruction. I think I have found what I think is just as important. I have seen it posted that if a player transfers is is not so much that he is being (the nasty word starts with a "R") It got my simple mine to wonder have there been any strange transfers? This could go for football, that "S'" sport or the game. If post be nice. I'm sure I will get a nasty or two.

 

Great topic that is always being brought up....Do you mean specific transfer situations, legal, illegal, good and bad? How do transfers affect other players in the team?
Is it a dont ask , dont tell?

 

Just looking to see if any have had a change of venue. What will it do for that program. Will it hurt the one they came from. As we all know players will seek programs at other schools. I do like how you put it fairly general. We all know that they are legal. Have to be approved by the school. I would say just the infomation, we can leave the dirt on the mat at the door.

 

I would be wary of speculating here about those who "transfer"... I know of players that have been to different high schools throughout their careers... for me to call out a name /names would not bode well for me as I have no proof of recruiting, or other inproprities that may or may not actually exist. I just dont think it is fair for me or any one else to speculate as it can cause bad blood for no good reason. As long as I can look at myself in the mirror and know I ahve donethe right thing, well that's all that matters to me. Let me worry about my own players and nothing else. I especially would think thay any that are coaches here would stay away from this topic like the plague....

 

Of course all transfers are legal...in Wake County..they have to be approved by the board of education and the consequences for trying to beat the system are too risky. Transfers are good for many reasons.. but I would consider many things first. You have to look at the big picture, is my kid gong to have to leave all of his friends, what medssage am I sending to him/her by transferring, are there guarentees that the school he is tranferring to will work outand what if it doent? If a kid transfers, what is this telling his coaches that he left? We are growing men as well as players and sometimes its better to stick it out and build strong character. Im sure there are situations where transfers were a last resort to having exhausted any other options , as long as its all done for the right reasons for the kid, the team hes going to , then I see no problem.

 

By all means. This is not a thread about recuriting. It is more about what players are moving to another programs. I would like to see what it will do for the new program if they make the team or what effect it would have to the program they are leaving.
Now this is just an example. Say you have a pitcher that throws gas. He transfer to another school in the same conferance. What would his impact be? How would players react? Would it be a blessing or a problem?

 

I would think it would it would cause some resentment to the team he left as well as the team he transfers too.

 

If you want to look at the impact that it would have, it depends on the make up of team he left, the team he moves to, and the balance of power in the conference.... For example, I knw of a situation where a very good pitcher has moved from one team in a conference to another within the same county. However there are extenuating family circumstances for that. What I am saying is that you have to look at each situation individually. Obviously I would personally feel differently if it were purely baseball, but that is a decision families have to make in the best interest of their sons. As far as my case, I am ina 1 HS county. I have none transfer in or out. I am at a disadvantage when it comes to kids in city systems in our conference who transfer and thusly create stronger teams. However, what can I do about it??? Very little if any... that's why I can only worry about my own and do the best I can with what I have.

 

You would would think that if a player of talent were to transfer to a school he would be treated as any other player. Most programs are set up to replace players as older ones advance. Say seniors grad and JV players replace them as talent is needed. Other than the case of a player who has great talent such as a pitcher that is throwing gas say like (MB), it would be an exception to the rule. I would think that any coach out there would avoid team conflict by allowing a new player on a varsity squad without having the stuff. This I feel would allow the anti team monster in. It is a fine line. We all know what is thought about a player who goes to any team and takes the place of a player that is of the same talent.

 

Agree. Family situations are a hard call. I guess looking at the make up of the stronger teams would be a clue. Say if team A has five kids transfer in to thier program and these five start over present players verses team B who has five players transfer in and a coulpe of the five start over present players. Which we know that it would be hard press to find this situation occurring. Again, a fine line.