Maybe Talia's not ready for prime time

BH guideline has always been that discussions about former OSU players/coaches, whether transfers or pros, can be discussed in that sports forum. 

Now with the transfer portal, that's becoming less clear. Players may come and go after one season.

So I get your point, but I also don't know the answer.

I have seen "probable", "good chance", "likely" , and "certain" in terms of blaming the transfers for breaking up a Final 4 team. So, I was curious and looked it up. All those descriptors are pretty much false unless you are a elite group of schools. And, even then those do not fit the actual results.

I took a very quick glance back (10) seasons for all teams to see what the following season results were after making an E8 (losing at that stage):

E8 to a F4:
(2) Stanford... F4 and CH
(1) Notre Dame... CH
(1) Louisville... F4
(1) Oregon... F4

E8 to E8: terminal game
(7) times... (3) belong to Baylor

E8 to Rd 16: terminal game
(12) times

E8 to Rd 32: terminal game
(8) times

E8 to No Invite:
(9) times

So... the chances of just another E8 appearance is far less than "certain", "likely", "probable", etc. Too many things can happen during a season. So they players left, for whatever reason. But, they didn't diffuse a "probable" set tourney finish.

And, with all that can/does happen it is why most of the consistent post season success is bunched in a group of 5-6 teams. Of the last (24) titles, 21 have been won by (6) teams:

UConn (10) 25/25 postseasons, (20) F4 appearances
SCar    (3)   14/25 postseasons, last 12 in a row
Baylor  (3)   22/25 postseasons, last 21 in a row
ND       (2)   22/25 postseasons, 13 of last 14, (5) times runner's up
UT        (2)  23/25 postseasons
Stanford (1), 25/25 postseasons, (10) Final 4's

Of these (6) teams over the last 24 seasons they have "improved" on an E8 appearance 8 of 24 times... (9) were E8 to E8... (3) were E8 to Rd16, (4) were E8 to Rd32. So for even the highly successful programs E8 appearances do not make certain and improvement the following season.

Should that also apply to "ex" OSU athletes of all types? MLB, NFL, transfers?? A completely separate Topic area... "Beaver Trails"?

I do not care (and I'll keep it to "one" post as it appears that is how you show you don't ) either way. It seems some post wherever anyway and specified threads do not seem to matter which makes more work for The Glove.

I know if you are reading a thread of interest it is tough to just skip over random posts you think do not belong, but is it really that big of deal? To make "NCAA" type rules that will be randomly followed and enforcement creates more work for going thru and moving them?

I truly think this is a issue for the guy who has to do all the work

A lot on information here.  But this all ignores WHO is coming back, just that the team is.  OSU was going to have all the players back.  Of those teams that didn't even make it back to the tourney the next year how many do you think had all of their players back?  It's not the name of the team that's important, it's who is on the team that's important.

Lol... first, you have zero idea how any player would have progressed if they stayed put. It's just fabricated 20/20 hindsight on how they did elsewhere. Sasha... far more than just "sick" than Taya "injured", yet you think one was excusable?! Lol

Second, as mentioned none were really any more than they turned out to be. HS hype coming in was high for some, but never showed in D1 ball. SR's fault? So, how you perceive the play elsewhere may have zero to do with the other coaches. Another example... "Starter"... so? Greta was a 5 & 2 player. She went to a good program, played less (2/2), like she would have if she stayed.

Third... "and mostly they have done markedly worse." Not true...

Of course your definition of "markedly" seems to be bias to try and prove some point SR is superior to ??.

PS- Beers at 18/11 tonight... at the half. "Markedly"...

If she were a lock down defender, it was a lousy job picking up 4 fouls.