Guessing he might be following his HC …
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Guessing he might be following his HC …
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
I love my alma. I love watching basketball. I'll always be invested in this program and spend some time on this site. But man, I think it's time for me to temper my investment. I absolutely respect that players need to do what's best for them, but, frankly, so do I. I'm a sentimental fan. I love watching our players grow, improve, and, ultimately, succeed over their time here. That's part of what's made college basketball so engaging for me. Now, I'm just not sure the proposition is worth it when I no longer expect a player to stay for any period of time. I don't know. I have no doubt BU will figure out this coming season and get enough talent for us to compete, but the magic of college basketball is rapidly evaporating. What we're left with feels far lesser.
Because we ALL know entering the transfer portal and deciding on a school are completely sensical decisions.
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Take these broken Wings
And learn to fly again
Learn to live so free
When we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up
And let us in
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
I'll still tune in to every game for sure, but yeah this whole revolving door portal thing sure takes away a great part of supporting a college basketball team.
I applaud your honesty. It’s pretty hard to argue with any of that. If you weren’t at least a little sentimental…you wouldn’t be much of a fan.
Yeah, I won't be thrilled if Underwood lands Harmon unless it's as a bench piece and he's got bigger fish to catch in the portal. Time will tell.
Nicely done, Mister…………………….Mr.
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
Agree.
It's to the point where I don't pay attention to recruiting anymore because what's the point? I'll still watch college basketball because they games can be really entertaining, but as far as being 100% committed to everything Illini? Probably not
Illinivek23
- Gurnee
It seems we are getting hammered with 2 major changes happening at the same time - NIL and the no sitout transfer rule. Just injects total chaos into many rosters.
I wonder what it would be like if they implemented these more in a stepwise manner...
Edit: Speaking from a fan perspective, only...
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
it ain't like it used to be
uofi7477
- Silver & Gold Vandals
Yes, same here. But I have come to terms with it in that it is still better than nothing. Hang in there.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
This isn't college sports. This isn't the bargain. We can all feel it.
And I'm tellin' ya, the coming conference landscape will only heighten this.
Ok, I apologize for this, guys, I really do.
Got Curbelo to sign a hat last year and he enters the portal at the end of that season.
Got RJ to sign a hat this summer, he enters the portal at the end of this season.
Now, am I leaving out some other factors that may have played a role, like on- and off- court struggles, the fluidity of recruiting, NIL, etc? Absolutely.
But clearly if I stop getting autographs on hats, we'll see more continuity in the roster going forward.
Got Curbelo to sign a hat last year and he enters the portal at the end of that season.
Got RJ to sign a hat this summer, he enters the portal at the end of this season.
Now, am I leaving out some other factors that may have played a role, like on- and off- court struggles, the fluidity of recruiting, NIL, etc? Absolutely.
But clearly if I stop getting autographs on hats, we'll see more continuity in the roster going forward.
Stevegarbs
- Mokena, IL
Yes he is...
InDaAZ
- Eugene, Oregon
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
yea, like we all don't have enough anxiety about life in general as it is
In my view, “the magic of college basketball” was built upon young adults being denied the right to earn a living and incredibly limited in their options based on the false concept of “student athletes,” while coaches, ADs, etc. made millions. We aren’t left with “far lesser”— we have “far fairer.”
And if you don’t like the new sport, that is totally acceptable and a reasonable decision!
But in my view, a sport built on taking advantage of kids has died. Good riddance.
Rooted way harder for RJ than mayer or shannon this year, so I'll have to learn to root less in general??? I hate this.
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