{"id":3188,"date":"2023-04-20T19:55:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T00:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=3188"},"modified":"2023-04-20T19:55:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T00:55:19","slug":"brian-kelly-cautions-against-teams-that-over-utilize-ncaa-transfer-portal-thats-a-red-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/brian-kelly-cautions-against-teams-that-over-utilize-ncaa-transfer-portal-thats-a-red-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Kelly cautions against teams that over-utilize NCAA transfer portal: \u2018That\u2019s a red flag\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

As college programs continue to get a better handle on the NCAA transfer portal<\/strong><\/a>, at least some football coaches think there are some identifiable markers of programs that aren\u2019t yet ready to compete for national titles.<\/p>\n

Brian Kelly<\/a><\/strong> and his LSU<\/strong><\/a> squad would have been one of the teams wearing those markers in 2022, though the Tigers put together an excellent 10-win campaign in Kelly\u2019s first season in charge.<\/p>\n

But Kelly pointed out LSU is attempting to creep closer to what he views as the long-term, sustainable approach when it comes to transfer portal usage. In the interim, before then, the transfer portal is a key tool to rebuilding rosters and helping at least narrow the major talent gap that exists between the likes of programs like Alabama<\/strong><\/a> and Georgia<\/strong><\/a> and many of their Southeastern Conference peers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a gap there. When you\u2019re taking 10, 11, 12 transfers from the portal, that\u2019s a red flag,\u201d Kelly said on the Paul Finebaum Show<\/a><\/em> on Thursday. \u201cYou need to be developing your players. You need to be doing it through freshmen that are in your program, developing the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd certainly we\u2019re not there yet. We\u2019re going to get there. We didn\u2019t take a lot of transfers on the offensive side of the ball because we\u2019re further along offensively, quite frankly. Defensively we still have a way to go in terms of recruiting and developing our players.\u201d<\/p>\n

The number of transfers has varied widely from school to school.<\/p>\n

Some programs in the conference like Arkansas<\/strong><\/a> have had in the neighborhood of 30 players depart this offseason. The Razorbacks have backfilled a lot of that with transfers in. Other programs like Georgia haven\u2019t utilized it nearly as much. Notably, Georgia didn\u2019t take a single transfer in prior in 2022 prior to winning the national title.<\/p>\n

Red flags or markers aside, Kelly thinks LSU can soon be in a position to rely on transfers less.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like what we\u2019ve done in the transfer portal,\u201d Kelly said \u201cWe\u2019ve been very strategic. We\u2019ve taken kids that have identified LSU as, in some instances, their dream school but weren\u2019t recruited by LSU. I think that\u2019s helped us in a lot of ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen having success last year\u2019s been really good because we\u2019ve been able to obviously upgrades some of the players on the defensive side of the ball because they want to play here at LSU.\u201d<\/p>\n

As of the time of this writing, LSU had taken 12 players in from the transfer portal during the current cycle, while 19 transfers have exited the program.<\/p>\n

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