Jimmy Larranaga Latest Casualty of NIL, Transfer Portal

[KhalidShockedTheWorld]

The latest in a slew of really good basketball coaches who have been driven away by the NIL/Transfer Portal era:

'Exhausted' Larranaga steps down as Miami coach

Jim Larranaga has stepped down as Miami's men's basketball coach, the school announced Thursday.

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[KhalidShockedTheWorld]

He had success way before NIL- I think he just got tired of having to deal with it. Losing 8 players from the Final 4 team, who were bought by other schools, likely deflated him:

Jim Larranaga Steps Down Because He Is Exhausted And Tired of Dealing With NIL Agents

Jim Larranaga is tired, he's exhausted. Make that tired, exhausted and fed up. As a result of him being tired, exhausted and fed up, the University of Miami is

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If you have too many guys who are pure hired guns it's going to backfire on you.....that's the lesson to be learned here. You need to have guys who want to work and be developed. Teams rostered with pure NIL guys will never be able to stay together long enough to win anything.