The transfer portal officially opened for business this morning. So far I’ve got Cam Edge, Ezekiel Avit and Brandon Jacob officially in the portal.

As has already been mentioned in other threads, also expecting Mykel Morman, Perry Fisher, Lionel Whitaker, Leron Husbands, Brenden Segovia and Roman Hemby (he’s testing the waters and will also enter portal). There will be others over the coming days, too.

Don't want to further muck up a game thread with an off-topic discussion.

CurlyBill said:

Yep. Long road back to relevance. Another head-scratcher for me was the Carbery hire. It seems he was the "shiny object" that offseason in the NHL and the Caps hired him without even talking to Todd Nelson, who was in the midst of a Calder run nobody predicted.

Todd appears to be doing it again this season. I'm not saying Carbery is a bad coach... I'm just saying his resume didn't warrant all the NHL attention he was getting during the offseason.

Now we have BMac. He said his goals during the offseason was to get younger and add to the top 6.

He did neither... and in fact we got a bit older, though things have changed with Backstrom now gone... which is another story altogether. Pacioretty was a cheap gamble, and he's not top 6 material. Oh, and when June rolls around, we won't have a second round pick because we gave it to Ottawa for Connor Brown... who played a whopping 4 games for the Caps.

Sorry... I could go on all night.

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They were fixated on Carbery (just like they were fixated on Todd Reirden) long before Nelson and the Bears came out of nowhere to win the Calder Cup last June. I schlepped up to Hershey for Game 5 of that series and it was painfully obvious who the better team was but Coachella Valley has Dan Bylsma behind their bench. Now that the Bears are lapping the AHL field, curious to see if he can repeat the magic of last season.

A lot of the problem in terms of getting younger and adding to the Top 6 are the contracts in the Top 6. Backstrom, Kuznetsov, and Oshie all have modified no-trade clauses which makes moving them out and getting younger really, really difficult. All three were given them for sentimental reasons even though they are now well past their prime which is why it is going to be a very long rebuild once it gets fully underway. FWIW, we have three 2nd rounders in next year's draft but Boston and Colorado's are very likely to be in the back-end of that round. GMBM, like GMGM, is only doing the best he can with what he's told to accomplish.

At least we got one Cup out of this run which is a whole lot more than we can say about the 80's Caps.

And speaking of the 80's, this would be a team that would make the playoffs and might pull off an upset or two in that era. Now, they're likely on the outside looking in and with the owners looking to make yet another expansion cash grab; it will be harder to make the playoffs and what rebuilding is done will take a step back in the process.

4th round

31st in 7th.

24th in 7th round

I like this QB #12, and #8 is a stud.

Geez, they say he only ran a 4.65.....Discuss

At 143, right before you know who...

The Baltimore Sun Had a list of possible candidates in yesterday's edition,

[Mentions Colleen Sorem ... U of MD.
Kirby Mills ... U of MD.
J . Batt ... Georgia Tech
John Currie ..... Wake Forest
Ed Scott .... Memphis
Sarah Baumgarten .... Texas

#102 to Minn end of 3rd

Starting off on the right foot:

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Playing two tomorrow to get ahead of the weather on Sunday.

vs. Ball State at 11 am

vs. Mercyhurst at 7 pm.

Looks like Kentucky is voting to turn their athletic department into an LLC. This would allow them to earn revenue from real estate holdings or other business ventures. This revenue would be used as profit sharing as well as NIL. At least that is what it seems. They could hire an HR department and other personnel to run it as a business.

Anyone else doing this or hear of something similar? We don’t even have anyone running this department and other universities are moving away from the department?

We have a lot of catching up to do.

Since someone asked for it. Here is a running list of men’s basketball commits and targets. Of note, starting next season teams may have as many as 15 scholarship players, up from the previous maximum of 12.

Gone: Everyone

Committed:

Pharrel Payne, Sr., F from Texas A&M
Solomon Washington, Sr., F from Texas A&M
Myles Rice, Jr., PG from Indiana
David Coit, Gr., G from Kansas
Andre Mills, Fr., G from Texas A&M
George Turkson Jr., Fr., F from Texas A&M
Isaiah Watts, Jr., G from Washington State
Elijah Saunders, Sr., F from UVA

Portal Targets:

Langston Reynolds, Sr., G from Northern Colorado
Honor Huff, Sr., PG from Chattanooga
Mekhi Mason, Sr., G from Washington
Stephen Olowoniyi, Jr., F from Southern Indiana
Sincere Parker, Sr., G from McNeese State
Brendan Hausen, Sr., G from Kansas State
Bryce Lyndsay, So., G from James Madison
Malik Moore, Sr., G from Montana
Jadrian Tracey, Sr. , G from Oregon
Tyrell Ward, Jr., G from LSU
Sami Pissis, Sr., G from New Hampshire
Simeon Wilcher, Jr., G from St. John’s


High School Targets:

Jeremiah Green, **** PG, Compas Prep (AZ)
Jasir Rencher, **** F, Riordan (CA)
Aaron Glass, **** G, Rancho Cucomonga (CA)
Kelvin Odih, **** G, SoCal Academy (CA)
Sebastian Wilkins, **** F, Brewster Academy (NH) *2026

Pretty remarkable

Sad to hear about Mike Patrick’s passing. He was one of the best in the biz and covered so many big Maryland ACC games.

I was lucky enough to work as a runner for some Raycom/ESPN broadcasts at Cole as a kid and had the opportunity to meet him and watch him from up close. He will definitely be missed.

Can’t vouch for the veracity.

• The X post by
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  expresses excitement about Maryland potentially securing two key transfers: JB Nelson, a Penn State offensive lineman (6'5", 325 pounds, played 27 games with 8 starts), and a UVA basketball transfer, likely Hawa Doumbouya, a 6'7" center from Maryland who signed with Virginia in April 2024.
• Maryland football needs to bolster its offensive line after losing players like Terez Davis (10 games, 2 starts in 2024) and Jayvin James to the transfer portal, making Nelson a critical target to improve the team’s depth and performance.

Julian Reese, as with a lot of other players who have used their eligibility are entering the portal. Seeing where there is a lawsuit to allow more eligibility. Anyone following this amd have any insight?

First official of many.
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I try not to burden myself with attempting to keep up with the transfer portal. Afterall, at the end of the day, these are kids, and experience tell me that trying to make sense of kids thought processes can be a energy best spent elsewhere. That being said, I am curious about Allie Kubek transferring so late in the process. Allie is a dawg in the paint and from time to time can hit the open look. She came from Towson and worked her way into the starting lineup of a BIG Ten program. Hate to see her go...Anyone with any insight?