On3

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their team rankings make no sense doing a net of transfers out vs. In

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I actually tend to think that it DOES make sense to do a "net" out-vs-in ranking. The problem, though, is that in order for the "net" ranking to remotely resemble reality (i.e. in order for it to actually reflect who gained/lost the most overall via the portal), you NEED better player rankings. This is especially the case for a major program like LSU--who is generally taking IN guys from lower-tier programs who outperformed their HS rankings and is sending OUT (mostly) guys who underperformed their HS rankings.


Basically, the only two guys LSU lost that hurt are Howard and Tolan. But guys like Sampah, webb,mcghee, davis, dumervil were all highly ranked as HS players. And conversely, the only guys LSU *gained* who were higly rated as HS prospects were aaron anderson and denver harris. So if your portal player rankings are lazy, you're going to basically wind up overrating LSU's outgoing class and underrating its incoming class.



TL;DR: It makes sense to do in/out net rankings, but in order for it to make sense, you HAVE to have good player rankings. Because major programs by definition are going to largely be bringing in guys who are better than their HS ratings and sending out guys who are worse than their HS ratings.