Freshman Transfer after 1 season

[laxdomination]

I am playing with Miami and I have built the program up each year, but i keep loosing my key Freshmen when it comes time to transfer. They are leaving because of playing time, but I never promised playing time to them. I just lost 3 OL players and they were all red shirted their freshmen year. Anyone else have this problem?

[ROSStafarian]

Yeah defiantly feel your pain here, I lost a top 3 member of my first class due to the same reason. Bad thing is I created a playbook and certain plays designed for him and moved him up on my depth chart to 3rd overall and he still left, just heart breaking really..That's the only reason i scheduled his team first game of that new season and stomped, ha.

[PovertyStricken]

Ouch....I had a similar situation. I lost a 83 ovr rated QB. I had Tahj Boyd for 1 more season...so I red shirted him. He had 88 speed, 89 Throwing power and 90 Throwing accuracy. I was going to start him all 4 years...he left to go to UNLV for playing time. I was looking so forward to playing with him.

[laxdomination]

What do you have to do to in order to stop them from transferring?

[ROSStafarian]

I had a chance to promise him a certain amount of games BUT unfortunately I had made all promises when I recruited him soooo yeah be careful with that.

[ufer2]

If I promise playing time I always always always put him in the top two on the depth chart ... and I feel like that's why I've never lost a player to transfer for lack of playing time.

[laxdomination]

Quote: Originally Posted by ufer2

If I promise playing time I always always always put him in the top two on the depth chart ... and I feel like that's why I've never lost a player to transfer for lack of playing time.

but i never promised playing time from the start....

[ambill10]

Quote: Originally Posted by laxdomination

but i never promised playing time from the start....

Just a guess, but it seems like some highly rated players just aren't willing to wait more than a year to start, so if there is a higher rated player at their position they will leave. I like the increased transfers as a balance to recruiting advantages the big schools have in the game.