1: How does a coach in Pry’s position prioritize portal vs high school recruiting? Go all out for immediate results? And hopeful quick improvement? Stay the course and shoot for the long-term future? Some sort of mix? If a mix, portal focus should be where? – Stork

Chris Coleman: Good question. The transfer portal can be a tricky thing, and like everything else, it’s all about finding the right balance.

Here’s what he had to say about the subject recently…

“Like I’ve mentioned before, we want to build this thing with high school players from our footprint, the last class, this class, it represents that. At the same time, you do have to fulfill needs. We’ve got four days after the UVA game where we are going to be in some heavy meetings and working through things. Having conversations with our roster management is at the top of the list right now. You never used to have to worry about it, not anywhere like you do now.

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