altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
If you ask $1.2 million and a buyer (as apparently IU did) accepts, then your market price is at least $1.2 million. Not a penny less.
Serenity now, Brother Pru. A natty later.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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We have Moretti and Goode as well.
100%
A number are just waiting to collect the last check of the current NIL deal and enter the portal. Big fish in the portal, more to come.......
I agree except about RJ. He legitimately got a shot to be a major piece as a sophomore but he just didn't improve at all.
Since then I think Brad is treating unproven players as basically we're going to continue to bring in talent and you're going to have to earn it.
Epps and Miller clearly just wanted to be the guy.
Tied for sixth place in the B1G and no tournament berth?I mean yeah I agree but Ware worked out pretty well for them too
sacraig
- The desert
You could have just posted Goodman's tweet...
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
But whether it's Hansberry or a guy like RJ who didn't really take his opportunity you COULD say "we are betting on you, we are paying you as the player we believe you can be, we are going to forego other options to keep believing and grinding with the kids we recruited".
There are programs attempting some flavor of that. Certainly moreso than us. If the schools that prioritize stability show more player development and more cohesiveness and consistently win games against the portal rent-a-teams everybody is going to start bending toward that strategy.
Early returns kinda look like the opposite though (look at us and Michigan State this year for example). Just spend your NIL dollars on the best new team you can find every year. But it's early.
My point is, it's not IMPOSSIBLE to keep a team together, at least to a significant degree, especially if you're NIL rich like us. We CAN achieve that if we want to. It would just mean foregoing proven quality for potential quality, which BU is understandably unwilling to do based on the data we have.
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I always preferred the Sporting News to Street and Smith, but have bought both. Have a fair collection going back to around 1985 or 86, and used to subscibe to Bob Gibbons All Star Report.
You'd have to pay me $1.2m to represent that clown college, too.
Ah, a Jeff Goodman reference. All good.
Yeah, the rankings seem pretty unreliable. Maybe they're too influenced by high school ratings and/or long term potential, but Domask is a great example of a guy with proven success who was undervalued by these rankings. Cam Spencer is another good example.
Personally, my takeaway is that proven success (and fit) matters more than anything else. Of course many players are going to improve, but that's unpredictable and they might transfer somewhere else before that ever happens. You can probably afford to take a chance on a high-risk high-ceiling guy here and there, but I wouldn't feel great about a roster full of highly "talented" guys who haven't yet figured out how to translate their talent into results.
He is, he's just not using any of the ingredients provided by Chester.
Thanks for the soup!
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
It's tough how apples-to-oranges it is too.
MJ Rice was ranked right ahead of Domask. Big time recruit, did nothing at Kansas as a freshman (but got the high transfer ranking because of his HS pedigree), transferred to NC State, did nothing for a bit then got hurt and redshirted.
Domask was first team All-B1G, how absurd that he was ranked lower!
But MJ Rice has three years left to play. If he's a solid contributor for three years after Domask has left college basketball, was he more valuable after all? If he's a solid contributor for two years then first team All-ACC his final year he certainly will be more valuable, right?
There aren't really "right" answers to these questions.
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And include actual useful info on the page, I think notYou could have just posted Goodman's tweet...
Not mad at all. Mostly feel sorry for people. Anytime you shut yourself off from people who say things you don’t like, you lose out on wisdom that they do possess in other areas.
Seems like an ignorant way to go through life.
COUPLE OF WEEKS?!?!
Portal closes down May 1. Is that correct????
His asking price was insane ...
What was Marcus Domask rated?
That's to enter the portal.
Joel Goodson
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high school stuff, but still...
sounds like an EDG. well spoken kid
sounds like an EDG. well spoken kid
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And he’s not even that great of a player.
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