Gator Baseball 2024 OFFICIAL ROSTER/Transfer Tracker/Lineup???

1. Personally I don't think enough emphasis is being given to alumni's kids in certain admission circumstances. While I want the best and brightest I also want more people who truly love UF and less who view UF as merely a stepping stone. I do worry about future alumni and whether they'll contribute to UF if they can't be bothered to go to football games when they're here.

2. I dislike a lotta moves our athletic department has made for whatever reason. We are 4-5 years behind other schools for trendsetting football stuff which is what ultimately drives the majority of the revenue. I'm not sure why that's the case but if people took responsibility for our recent failures and attempted to fix them I'd feel better instead of pretending everything is great.

 

@Noah_Brindise —

In a nutshell, to me what we are talking about is commitment. Or more accurately it used to be commitment.

When an athlete signed in our day it was both a commitment (his word) to the coach of his sport AND to the school…..

In today’s world center stage is the transfer portal and NIL monies. And personally I’m afraid college sports as we have always known and loved them are a thing of the past in the rear view mirror to us—ALL FOR SELF-ENTITLEMENT AND GREED OF THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR.

The truth is often sad but IMHO this is the society/culture that we are currently living in and greed is extremely powerful.

 

Looking forward to it.

 

More D1Bsb stuff. I don't see them as an outstanding resource, but I like them well enough to pay, and I'll share brief clips that might be informative. This post is weak, but it's all we have until workouts start.

They've just run a series to rank the top 25 transfer classes- including both portal and JUCO. The Gators ranked 11, and the write-up was not as informative as any given page in this long thread. Writer wasn't one of their regulars whom I like to read. What was most interesting to me was who ranked ahead of us: 8 bama, 7 Miss, 6 Ark, 5 noles, 4 aTm, 3 Tn, 2 LSU. #1 was Wake. Other SEC rankings were 13 dawgs, 14 Aub, 16 OK.

For the Gators, they mentioned Shelby and Donay as headliners with Garrison with Russell as contributers. No comments on anyone else. I agree those likely are the top four, but I see others- especially Guy- as having potential to show up in the lineup. There was a lot more, and better, analysis of other teams that covered more players, which is my secondary reason for reading their stuff.

 

Lots of new faces on the team and lots of big shoes to fill all over the place. But, also, lots of talent to choose from it seems. Should be a fun year to watch how it all works out.

 

Do ya'll know that the 2024 roster is still not posted on FloridaGators.com? The softball roster has been up for a couple of months.

 

Been that way for years, no idea why they are always so slow to update. Most schools do it at the start of fall

 

They enjoy watching folks squirm.

 

Late and I largely agree with you but I think it's solely because of the transfer rules not the kids. 18 and 19 year olds have always thought the answers were elsewhere if things didn't turn out as planned for essentially the first time in their athletic lives. I don't like it but when coaches are leaving at the drop of the hat for million dollar raises it feels tough to tell kids with a straight face this isn't a business and they shouldn't look out for their own interests above all.

 

I believe it is because Sully wants to wait until after fall workouts (which normally end the week before Thanksgiving) before finalizing the roster. There have been some players in past years that have participated in the fall but don’t return in the spring.

The spring roster should be posted by the end of the month.

 

Yeah that's always been my assumption....just think it's silly. They can make individual changes at any time.
The Gatorzone roster as of last night has Wyatt Langford, Sproat. And Waldrep. It's mid January for God's sake lol

 

They’re just trying to psych out our opponents.

 

Or some anxious fans!