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With Storr, Daddy Brad needs to tell him to get on board or be left behind. We can’t afford to be holding the bag like we were with Ray J.
If no on Storr, it’s next up.
If no on Storr, it’s next up.
The game is afoot… let Brad do his thing, folks.
Then again…
F@ck it… go nuts, you nervous Nancies
I would need to have a better sense of the alternative to answer that question really.
Also, I really do believe the cost is TBD. The staff might think they know how much ammo is out there and how much desire there is for Storr, but they don't and inherently can't.
John Tyson owns original Andy Warhol's. He can get AJ Storr. If Kentucky and Mark Pope thinks that's a move that can save face, they can get AJ Storr.
But that said, Boswell and Storr would be worth going pretty crazy for, IMO. High risk, but Final Four type upside.
Illinois, Arkansas and Kentucky are all really great options for him, and taking the most money makes sense.AJ Storr is a 20 YO kid who does not know what he does not know. He will find some coach to which he will commit and get a million....and forever wonder why he did not go to play for a coach and team that would make him play to his potential....for his team...for fewer $ but the wise choice. That may likely be the Illini and BU, who were among the first to recognize his fit...or it may be Kansas or some other coach. Regardless, he will not be missed, only replaced. I wish him well but have not seen his potential to lift a team to new heights like TSJr. and MD did. It sure was not the Badgers last year.
With Storr, Daddy Brad needs to tell him to get on board or be left behind. We can’t afford to be holding the bag like we were with Ray J.
If no on Storr, it’s next up.
Yeah I mean the question is how bad does the rest of the team look if you go over the top for Storr.tell me something I don't already know.
I was simply asking the OP if he'd blow away the transaction parameters. Easy to say in a vacuum, doubly easy to say when it's not your money.
Yeah I mean the question is how bad does the rest of the team look if you go over the top for Storr.
If it means I'm starting Jason Jakstys at center I'm not doing it. But within reason, if I'm keeping Boswell (and Morez), I'd be inclined to take the risk and get pretty nuts.
But again it's not as easy as just saying so, and at this moment the staff needs to be focused on the non-Storr options.
The question that very few of us can even begin to answer is....what's the second best option. None of the guys are guaranteed superstars and there's never a guarantee that any coach can get their squad to build chemistry. We saw the difference between two years ago and thus past year. If we continue to live or die in the portal to stay 'old", this will be a yearly occurrence because ultimately, nobody is being developed. We didn't have one young guy develop by leaps and bounds last year to be able to say ...let's build around him. Ty is the closest thing, but he still hasn't proven to be able to shoot a lick.He'd have to improve for his 17-20 points to come on less than 17-20 shots. He's not a guaranteed (much less already proven) star. He has a high ceiling, and even if he turns out to be great, it might not happen until he gets to the NBA. It would be different if we thought he'd be around for a few years, but expensive one year rentals should be more of a sure thing in my opinion.
Yes, you always need back up options and back up options to the back up options. Lots of moving parts.Pretty basic strategic thinking.
Storr is going to the highest bidder, end of story. That might be us, seems like it would be us today, but at any moment someone can swoop in with an offer either bigger than we can afford or bigger than we can justify giving Storr.
So we have to be looking elsewhere for someone else we're satisfied with. That is NOT giving up on Storr, NOT crossing him off the list, it is simply recognizing the strategic reality. Talking to Storr and holding room for him and focusing our efforts on him is a waste of time.
Storr's decision moment will come and we'll either be the top bidder or we won't. Beyond writing down a number on a piece of paper at an unknown moment in the future, our attention should be entirely elsewhere.
Yes. Not my money. Did you like having Shannon last year?just to be clear, are you in favor of getting him regardless of the cost?
Exactly. I'm not sure why anyone would care about the cost.Yes. Not my money. Did you like having Shannon last year?
We can totally get a guy who’s not quite as good as Storr for much less money…but I really think Storr is going to be that good. In basketball at all levels, star power matters. Storr has been making rapid improvements each year and I could totally see him carrying a team far in the tourney by himself. He will likely be a much better player than what we saw at Wisconsin. Yeah he might bring some headaches like Skyy/Mayer, but he is way way way more talented than those guys ever were. To the point where it might be worth it to throw a massive bag at him.
Sure, if we had unlimited funds (which no program has). But if paying him a lot limits our funds for other guys (Boswell, Maddox, Booth, etc) it may not be worth it.Yes. Not my money. Did you like having Shannon last year?
Well, presumably you still have to play within the confines of your overall NIL budget, and we have to replace something like 80% of our scoring this offseason. And while I agree that Storr has a ton of talent and the best chance to be a great get out of almost anyone else in the portal, he won't be 80% of our scoring on his own, no matter how much of a star he turns out to be. So it seems to me there's just a practical top end limit to what you can pay him and still put a decent overall team on the floor.Exactly. I'm not sure why anyone would care about the cost.
I agree, though I'd say it also depends on our third, fourth, and fifth options. If Storr means we're looking at a couple "replacement level" guys to fill out our starting rotation, I'd rather have 5 proven good players than one potential star and only two other proven good players.The question that very few of us can even begin to answer is....what's the second best option. None of the guys are guaranteed superstars and there's never a guarantee that any coach can get their squad to build chemistry. We saw the difference between two years ago and thus past year. If we continue to live or die in the portal to stay 'old", this will be a yearly occurrence because ultimately, nobody is being developed. We didn't have one young guy develop by leaps and bounds last year to be able to say ...let's build around him. Ty is the closest thing, but he still hasn't proven to be able to shoot a lick.
Our fan base won't allow for a rebuild season. It's all about reloading and getting back to the Elite 8 and beyond. The transfers aren't coming in to be the 8th or 9th option.
We need to replace 90% of every statistical category. When it comes to scoring, it's probably what.....95%? That's a complete guess.
1)Who gives us the best odds and 2)how far is the drop between options? My guess is that we're going to find issues(as you noted above about Storr) with every player they bring in.
All three transfers(including Boswell in this) have received criticism.