It’s not monopoly money, but at the end of the day anyone who wants to try being a donor should have some understanding of the reality of the situation, which is there is only so much control you can realistically expect to have when it comes to 18-24 year olds on a college sports team. There are so many different variables and decisions they are going to make over the course of their months or years on campus that will affect how their on-court success pans out. It is probably not healthy to expect a certain level of control or outcome on a team’s coaches and players, who have more options than ever with the transfer portal, nil, etc. Of course anyone wants a good return on their investment and so there should be consequences when large amounts of money are obviously mismanaged or squandered.
Here is a pretty good indicator imo on whether Brad and his group are having a good ROI for their season.
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If Brad is consistently getting to this level, I don’t really know how much more can be done to affect the coaches, players, and team as a whole. Losing the Morez’s and seeing the Podziemski’s blow up the next semester after they transfer is annoying, and maybe there are some adjustments and things the coaches could learn about roster retention to achieve a top tier roster. But again 18-24 year old athletes in the age of portal/nil will make unpredictable decisions.
