Dan Hurley: 50% of my roster or more is considering the transfer portal

[catfan220]

Hurley was on last night’s episode of 60 Minutes, I haven’t watched it and don’t plan to. But I saw this clip circulating, where he says “50% of my roster or more is at least considering going into the portal, if not already knows which school they’re going to.” He’s obviously a blowhard but his directness is refreshing at times.

First things first, I wouldn’t mind picking off a guy or two, Solo Ball at the top of the list!

Secondly, I think we need to prepare to lose at least one guy to the portal this year. With the current state of CBB it just seems unreasonable to expect to survive with no attrition. My guesses in order of likelihood are Garrison, Perry, and Chandler (I worry about BYU and all their money with Chandler).

And third, it’s gonna be a wild offseason. We’re already seeing a decent number of guys enter the portal. You have to think Pope has positioned UK well with the style of play and success in year one. It’s funny, I used to get excited for HS recruiting and read every report and watch as many highlights as I could find. Now I barely tune in for that, but I get excited about the portal. Better players available, more condensed, more to track, and it happens almost entirely in the offseason but with the season still fresh in mind.

 

[SkyPrince1]

He's exaggerating.

 

[billoliver40]

With the kind of dollars I hear thrown around I would think EVERY player would at least consider the transfer portal.

 

[UK90]

He's exaggerating.

No, I think he’s just being brutally honest. This is the new CBB world we live in. Most talented players consider themselves free agents for sale every year now. And on nearly every team.

It’s just a totally different mentality than existed just a couple decades ago.

 

[villefan76]

Dudes got such a punchable face!

 

[katwest]

We may have one to do that, but I don't think it would be Chandler, if he is disciplined enough to go a two year mission, I would have to think he would stay here. He's just now coming around, I know Utah is home but what better place to be and play than at Kentucky.

 

[JimBR]

He's exaggerating.

Agree. Just like when he says he's the best f-ing coach in the game.

 

[SkyPrince1]

No, I think he’s just being brutally honest. This is the new CBB world we live in. Most talented players consider themselves free agents for sale every year now. And on nearly every team.

It’s just a totally different mentality than existed just a couple decades ago.

I don't think he'll lose anyone he really wants to keep.
Alex K. and McNeeley are going pro.
Ball has had a breakout year and he will have to be compensated because he probably wasn't very well entering the season.
Hurley would probably help pay Mahaney's NIL at a new school.

 

[Fitch44]

Portal makes things crazy for lots of reasons but one of the hardest things to manage is who and when to take a player. Don’t want to lose a player by waiting but also don’t want to jump on a commitment only to have a more desirable player hit the portal after that who is better.
Crazy ass times.

 

[trueblujr2]

Dudes got such a punchable face!

Well, he's a Hurley, Soooooooo...

 

[SkyPrince1]

Agree. Just like when he says he's the best f-ing coach in the game.

He's just deflecting blame off himself because they have fell off this season.
He admitted he wouldn't have said "I'm the best f'ing coach in the game" if he knew the cameras were on him.

 

[Seth_C]

Dudes got such a punchable face!

Sadly, punching someone because we don't like their face is not okay. Happily, everything else about him is deserving of being punched, and many of those are things he can control, so you are in the clear.

 

[runt#69]

My take would be, if he's honest, half of his team considering entering the portal is a telling statement of today's age and era. I think he's spot on right that the game has changed completely and it's wide open in every respect now.

I don't care for the guy, personally. There's a lot of really dislikeable coaches out there, I'm just glad we got Pope.

Go Big Blue !

 

[Macy's socks]

Dudes got such a punchable face!

It’s in his DNA

 

[Rockford]

He's exaggerating.

aka... full of shit

Agree. Just like when he says he's the best f-ing coach in the game.

Oh, he actually believes that!

Hurley would probably help pay Mahaney's NIL at a new school.

 

[JonathanW]

1) he may be exaggerating some, but he's probably not too far off
2) he's a North Eastern ass, so yeah, it wouldn't be shocking if he did have more guys leaving than other teams
3) yes, this is the NEW environment the NCAA F'ed-up again and has created
4) I agree we should expect at least 1 (very possibly 2) guy(s) to transfer out of Kriisa, Oweh, Garrison, Chandler, Noah, Perry, either for more $$ or more playing time

The NCAA fought tooth and nail to keep an archaic system alive (punishing players, even in instances where their coach had left, or had a death in the family, or they changed their mind before even starting college), forcing the legal system to get involve, not just "opening the door" to common sense, but instead "swinging the flood gates WIDE OPEN" to chaos.

All the NCAA had to do 5 or so years ago was to:
- if your head coach transfers, you can transfer without penalty
- if you have a death or "severe" life-threatening injury/sickness in your immediate family, you can transfer without penalty
- if after signing a letter-of-intent but you have not yet started classes yet, you can change schools, only sitting out 10% of the scheduled games for that first year
- after having completed one full year (2 semesters), you can transfer once, with no wait period
- if you transfer a 2nd time, you must miss 25% of the scheduled games the following season
- if you transfer a 3rd time, you must miss 50% of the scheduled games the following season

 

[SkyPrince1]

1) he may be exaggerating some, but he's probably not too far off
2) he's a North Eastern ass, so yeah, it wouldn't be shocking if he did have more guys leaving than other teams
3) yes, this is the NEW environment the NCAA F'ed-up again and has created
4) I agree we should expect at least 1 (very possibly 2) guy(s) to transfer out of Kriisa, Oweh, Garrison, Chandler, Noah, Perry, either for more $$ or more playing time

The NCAA fought tooth and nail to keep an archaic system alive (punishing players, even in instances where their coach had left, or had a death in the family, or they changed their mind before even starting college), forcing the legal system to get involve, not just "opening the door" to common sense, but instead "swinging the flood gates WIDE OPEN" to chaos.

All the NCAA had to do 5 or so years ago was to:
- if your head coach transfers, you can transfer without penalty
- if you have a death or "severe" life-threatening injury/sickness in your immediate family, you can transfer without penalty
- if after signing a letter-of-intent but you have not yet started classes yet, you can change schools, only sitting out 10% of the scheduled games for that first year
- after having completed one full year (2 semesters), you can transfer once, with no wait period
- if you transfer a 2nd time, you must miss 25% of the scheduled games the following season
- if you transfer a 3rd time, you must miss 50% of the scheduled games the following season

What Hurley didn't mention is he has four highly rated freshman coming in next year who will grab minutes from returnees.
Ball is the only player they'll have to bump to keep.
None of the other guys will transfer up or even laterally.

 

[catman15]

I don't think any real college basketball fan loves how quick this stuff spiraled. NIL seemed more than fair but making these guys free agents every season has made it feel like a completely different sport. I wish they'd tighten up these portal rules a little more than anything. The money doesn't bother me as much

P.S. Hurleys a nerd

 

[TX-Wildcat]

One really has to think with the notoriety of success and money in the SEC a ton of talent is looking to make its way to the conference to cash in on fame and fortune. The blue-bloods will always attract talent, but the new-bloods of the SEC now have more to offer than most non-SEC teams. The SEC will continue to be a murderer's row (not just in men's basketball either). Sankey has done a hell of a job tbh.

 

[JwUKFan11]

Will we lose a couple to the portal? Yes
But I think we will take better talent than we lose.

 

[cbrwalt]

He's exaggerating.

Are you sure?
I could understand why a kid would want to get away from that man, he seems a bit unstable at times.

 

[bthaunert]

1) he may be exaggerating some, but he's probably not too far off
2) he's a North Eastern ass, so yeah, it wouldn't be shocking if he did have more guys leaving than other teams
3) yes, this is the NEW environment the NCAA F'ed-up again and has created
4) I agree we should expect at least 1 (very possibly 2) guy(s) to transfer out of Kriisa, Oweh, Garrison, Chandler, Noah, Perry, either for more $$ or more playing time

The NCAA fought tooth and nail to keep an archaic system alive (punishing players, even in instances where their coach had left, or had a death in the family, or they changed their mind before even starting college), forcing the legal system to get involve, not just "opening the door" to common sense, but instead "swinging the flood gates WIDE OPEN" to chaos.

All the NCAA had to do 5 or so years ago was to:
- if your head coach transfers, you can transfer without penalty
- if you have a death or "severe" life-threatening injury/sickness in your immediate family, you can transfer without penalty
- if after signing a letter-of-intent but you have not yet started classes yet, you can change schools, only sitting out 10% of the scheduled games for that first year
- after having completed one full year (2 semesters), you can transfer once, with no wait period
- if you transfer a 2nd time, you must miss 25% of the scheduled games the following season
- if you transfer a 3rd time, you must miss 50% of the scheduled games the following season

Agree 100% that the NCAA sticking their head in the sand with all of this made it 10x worse. Both with transfers and the NIL. I'm not sure how old you are, but I still think back to Jeremy Bloom, who played wide receiver at Colorado in the early 2000's. He happened to also be an olympic skiier. The NCAA deemed that he would be ineligible if he made money from his skiing career. Archaic is exactly right.

 

[SkyPrince1]

Are you sure?
I could understand why a kid would want to get away from that man, he seems a bit unstable at times.

I'm sure but its probably not anyone he's losing sleep over.
I think he's exaggerating the effect on the team this year.
His two leading scorers will be going pro.
Solo Ball has had a season worthy of an NIL bump and I'm sure he will expect it.

 

[Creed Bratton]

He's just deflecting blame off himself because they have fell off this season.
He admitted he wouldn't have said "I'm the best f'ing coach in the game" if he knew the cameras were on him.

No he just reverted back to who he was before he caught lightning in a bottle. He had a career winning percentage around 65% before winning the last 2 titles.

 

[SemperFiCat]

Maybe they just don't wanna play for a guy that's mentally unhinged, in Siberia, and not challenging for a title.

 

[JohnnyGreen1975]

With the way that the NIL money has been thrown around, this is not surprising. It may be a bit exaggerated but probably not that far off.

 

[Smashcat]

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Hurley was on last night’s episode of 60 Minutes, I haven’t watched it and don’t plan to. But I saw this clip circulating, where he says “50% of my roster or more is at least considering going into the portal, if not already knows which school they’re going to.” He’s obviously a blowhard but his directness is refreshing at times.

First things first, I wouldn’t mind picking off a guy or two, Solo Ball at the top of the list!

Secondly, I think we need to prepare to lose at least one guy to the portal this year. With the current state of CBB it just seems unreasonable to expect to survive with no attrition. My guesses in order of likelihood are Garrison, Perry, and Chandler (I worry about BYU and all their money with Chandler).

And third, it’s gonna be a wild offseason. We’re already seeing a decent number of guys enter the portal. You have to think Pope has positioned UK well with the style of play and success in year one. It’s funny, I used to get excited for HS recruiting and read every report and watch as many highlights as I could find. Now I barely tune in for that, but I get excited about the portal. Better players available, more condensed, more to track, and it happens almost entirely in the offseason but with the season still fresh in mind.

Sounds like he wants to make sure the UConn NIL money is there for them.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

When there is already noise about transferring there is usually a little truth to it. There has been some noise about garrisson & Krisa transferring so I expect atleast one of the 2 to transfer maybe both.

 

[westerncat]

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Hurley was on last night’s episode of 60 Minutes, I haven’t watched it and don’t plan to. But I saw this clip circulating, where he says “50% of my roster or more is at least considering going into the portal, if not already knows which school they’re going to.” He’s obviously a blowhard but his directness is refreshing at times.

First things first, I wouldn’t mind picking off a guy or two, Solo Ball at the top of the list!

Secondly, I think we need to prepare to lose at least one guy to the portal this year. With the current state of CBB it just seems unreasonable to expect to survive with no attrition. My guesses in order of likelihood are Garrison, Perry, and Chandler (I worry about BYU and all their money with Chandler).

And third, it’s gonna be a wild offseason. We’re already seeing a decent number of guys enter the portal. You have to think Pope has positioned UK well with the style of play and success in year one. It’s funny, I used to get excited for HS recruiting and read every report and watch as many highlights as I could find. Now I barely tune in for that, but I get excited about the portal. Better players available, more condensed, more to track, and it happens almost entirely in the offseason but with the season still fresh in mind.

I don't see Perry leaving but would not be surprised to see Garrison leave. I think Chandler stays at UK.

 

[catfan220]

When there is already noise about transferring there is usually a little truth to it. There has been some noise about garrisson & Krisa transferring so I expect atleast one of the 2 to transfer maybe both.

You’re right I totally forgot Kerr in my post. I assume he’s gone, he would be my 1 most likely

 

[BBNinSC]

I don’t blame any player for going for the
money in the portal.
I think Mark Pope understands that retention is improved when players are treated better. The word is going to get out that the Kentucky coaching staff fosters a God first, family atmosphere and the best college basketball environment for players.

 

[OliverSimmonstwinbrother]

I think he's being truthful and it's probably true for most teams in the country. I really hope the courts can fix this crap because it's killing college sports.

 

[Padsfs07]

What Hurley didn't mention is he has four highly rated freshman coming in next year who will grab minutes from returnees.
Ball is the only player they'll have to bump to keep.
None of the other guys will transfer up or even laterally.

Exactly. He's losing Karaban and McNeeley to the draft and Diarra and Johnson to graduation, so really he's complaining that guys he didn't play much this year and recruited over for next year are contemplating leaving, probably guys like Ahmad Nowell, Jayden Ross, Isaiah Abraham, and maybe Jaylin Stewart. It's also hard to believe he is whining about it when he got titles from going to the portal for guys like Tristen Newton and Cam Spencer, and current players Mahaney and Tarris Reed.

 

[Seth_C]

I don’t blame any player for going for the
money in the portal.
I think Mark Pope understands that retention is improved when players are treated better. The word is going to get out that the Kentucky coaching staff fosters a God first, family atmosphere and the best college basketball environment for players.

I also think Pope's honest love for Kentucky will play a role. That sort of thing is infectious and is the exact opposite of what the previous coach did. If players come, love their time, and Pope passes along his love and passion for Kentucky basketball, it has to improve our odds of retaining players. I have certainly stayed at a job despite someone else offering slightly more money because I was happy where I was.

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

Maybe if his team wasn't an underperforming major disappointment this year, the kids might be more interested in staying.

 

[Padsfs07]

I think he's being truthful and it's probably true for most teams in the country. I really hope the courts can fix this crap because it's killing college sports.

But he's complaining about something he's done to himself. He doesn't have to extend scholarships to 5-star freshmen guards like Adams, Mullins, and Furphy, if he assumes Nowell, Stewart, and Ross are back and going to get those minutes. The returnees didn't get the minutes this year that they thought they'd get and also see those new guys coming in and are probably like, I'd rather play for Rick Pitino down the way with ample minutes available.

 

[Fox2monk]

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Hurley was on last night’s episode of 60 Minutes, I haven’t watched it and don’t plan to. But I saw this clip circulating, where he says “50% of my roster or more is at least considering going into the portal, if not already knows which school they’re going to.” He’s obviously a blowhard but his directness is refreshing at times.

First things first, I wouldn’t mind picking off a guy or two, Solo Ball at the top of the list!

Secondly, I think we need to prepare to lose at least one guy to the portal this year. With the current state of CBB it just seems unreasonable to expect to survive with no attrition. My guesses in order of likelihood are Garrison, Perry, and Chandler (I worry about BYU and all their money with Chandler).

And third, it’s gonna be a wild offseason. We’re already seeing a decent number of guys enter the portal. You have to think Pope has positioned UK well with the style of play and success in year one. It’s funny, I used to get excited for HS recruiting and read every report and watch as many highlights as I could find. Now I barely tune in for that, but I get excited about the portal. Better players available, more condensed, more to track, and it happens almost entirely in the offseason but with the season still fresh in mind.

Yeah Solo Ball wouldn’t be a bad pickup at all. I’d love to snag McNeely but he’s probably going top 10 in the draft lol. Other than Karaban not too many others I’d really want maybe Mahoney.

 

[SkyPrince1]

Yeah Solo Ball wouldn’t be a bad pickup at all. I’d love to snag McNeely but he’s probably going top 10 in the draft lol. Other than Karaban not too many others I’d really want maybe Mahoney.

Hurley would probably drive Mahaney to Lexington lol.
Probably the most underperforming highly sought transfer in last year's portal.

 

[Fox2monk]

Hurley would probably drive Mahaney to Lexington lol.
Probably the most underperforming highly sought transfer in last year's portal.

Early on yeah but he’s rarely played the past 2 months. I think he would be a weapon in our offense. His main issues like a lot of our guys is defense. Hurley has barely played him though. In the games he’s gotten 14+ minutes he’s scored double digits. The problem is Hurley plays him 2,3,4,5 minutes like 7 games in a row and then 20, then sits him forever. I’m sure he’s never gotten in any kind of flow.

 

[rick64]

Well boo hoo hoo.