Portal tracking is funner than recruit tracking

Disclaimer: I think money isn’t the issue its unlimited transfers killing the sport. You should get one free transfer and your second transfer should cost a sitting year.

Recruiting still has value, over 50% and likely in the 50-60% range. Portals can be great but you still need continuity for schemes and culture. Schools with heavy portal use must make great choices year after year without many busts. Not sustainable.

I love the portal season more than recruiting. Reason being is recruits are HS players and you are looking at potential and relying on folks who follow it year round who also have interest in promoting some as higher. You gamble on potential.

Portal transfers are so much funner because you can look at their actual playing in college level. So much easier to imagine how a portal can look in your system. Less guessing how they pan out compared to HS.

You will have busts, some took the bag and stopped working. But most want to find playing time or a place that can make them better. Stepping down can make them better with more playing time.

But its a lot funner than the days where it was only recruits and you had to hope they panned out, sometimes after 2-3 years of mostly sitting and learning. Now you can get instant portal production if you can properly blend them into your schemes and culture.