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Reality Check
You are way off base. I am critical of the way he tries to build his roster. When he first got here, the cupboard was bare. He needed players so he looked to take on transfers as a way to build up his depleted roster. He now has built the program up. Mike and Stefni had established the Ragin Cajun name in the collegiate softball world but never developed it into a destination program in regards to recruiting on a national level. Glasco has established the Ragin Cajun program as a program that can recruit Tier 1 athletes on a national level against the elite programs as evidenced by the No.1 ranking awarded to last years class. So why does he want to still keep recruiting the transfer portal as hard as he does instead of trying to develop the freshman talent that he has recruited? I mean I know why he is doing it. It's because he wants to win now. IMO, it sends out a horrible message to any potential recruits. It's telling them "if you don't come in knocking the cover off of the ball from the get go, you are expendable. If I find someone in the portal that I think can help us now, you run the risk of being asked to leave because I need your money." And he doesn't discriminate. If he brings in a JUCO player or a transfer and they don't perform like he hopes or thinks they should, he tells them its best if they look to play somewhere else (i.e. Bailey Curry, Tiana Patrick, Geanna Torres, etc.). His approach to building his roster to win immediately is almost as if he is trying to audition for his next gig by being successful now. Maybe I'm off base with this thought. Maybe he thinks that if he gets to the WCWS in a couple of back to back seasons with this approach to building his roster, then he can focus on building his roster by developing talent through recruiting majority freshmen and taking in an occasional transfer.