23-24 Transfer Portal thread

FWIW, a friend of mine was chatting with TVO's grandmother at the Pac-12 tourney and she said that relationship was over. No idea if it's the truth or maybe has been rekindled since. As a grandparent myself, we're not always included in the loop.

Meanwhile, we're on page 80 of a transfer portal thread that has been nearly all about the outgoing eight.
It will be interesting to see how many of those "OSU WBB fans" actually show up for games next season. 

I doubt it. We just had one of the most popular teams in school history. IF next year's team turns out to be really good, then fans will rally around it. If not, the crowds will peter out. 

I agree, people loved this team until they transferred.  It will be hard to be more exciting then this year or the Final Four team just because they're "loyal".   And The "most fans don't care" or say don't let the door hit them is also false in my opinion (I know it wasn't you who said that).  Maybe "most" fans on this board, but everyone I have talked to still wish the ex players luck with whatever they do.  Doesn't mean they will root for them actively, but also don't seem to have such angst against them.   All my friends and family, and "most" people I know or read posts on other chat sites, still care very much.  Being disappointed and hating on college students are two very different things to me.   We won't get as many fans next year of course, but there will still be plenty of butts in seats come november.  My two cents, but who knows? 

Where's the hate? I don't think anyone on here is showing "hate.". That's a strong word to throw around.

I'm just not going to follow them anymore because they are not Beavers.

Exactly. Choosing to ignore or not care about someone is completely different than "hate."

They made their choice. They have moved on. It's not "hate" when fans chose to do the same thing. 

This year's transfers had a lot working against these departing players in terms of the emotions invoked, particularly in that it feels like they are piling on to OSU's conference plight, which feels particularly unfair for them to do given that it seemed their primary goals could remain intact. I'm surprised we haven't even seen them stay a bit together in transferring, which we saw happen with Duke in the past.

If OSU WBB bounces back and remains relevant, I imagine fans will look on them more kindly than they do now. If OSU WBB settles into mediocrity, then they will forever be tied to, and being blamed in part for, its demise. Contrast that to by far the two best players on the men's side transferring, hardly anybody cares because the demise was already long in place and the transfers were fully expected.