Has a team won a championship yet built off of players from the transfer portal? It seems like every team that’s won since it started are teams that were built through really good recruiting/player retention.

Obviously I could be totally wrong, but it seems like the way to do it (so far) is player development.

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Posted by LSUTIGERS8181

Houston, TX

Member since Aug 2012

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Posted on 5/8/24 at 12:48 pm to YMCA

I would agree with this. But when you’re recruiting is really bad in certain areas, you have to make up for it with either better recruiting or transfers. Currently we are doing neither right with most of the defense except maybe LB

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Posted by ProjectP2294

South St. Louis city

Member since May 2007

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Posted on 5/8/24 at 12:52 pm to YMCA

No matter the sport, you're not going to build the type of consistency and the culture you want by only portaling.

You have to have a base built the traditional way.

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Posted by LSBoosie

Member since Jun 2020

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Posted on 5/8/24 at 12:53 pm to YMCA

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It seems like every team that’s won since it started are teams that were built through really good recruiting/player retention.

Well yeah. But no one on here is saying LSU should build a team of transfer portal players...

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Posted by BeauxSox

Winter Garden, FL

Member since Feb 2007

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Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:22 pm to YMCA

Look no further than what Sanders is doing at CU. Its just never going to work.

Ole Miss killed (on paper) the portal this cycle, time will tell how that works out for them.

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Posted by nicholastiger

Member since Jan 2004

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Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:45 pm to YMCA

From a baseball standpoint, LSU baseball would have been a lot different last year without Skenes and White

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