This. It's becoming painfully obvious.
It's kind of like the housing market circa 2020. Last year's 400k house is now 550k. Sure it sucks for the buyer, but it is what it is. Time to fish, we've cut bait too many times.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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It's kind of like the housing market circa 2020. Last year's 400k house is now 550k. Sure it sucks for the buyer, but it is what it is. Time to fish, we've cut bait too many times.
I agree, but if we will spend hypothetically 4- 5 M on Andrej, why not get back in the Sarr bidding war for those numbers? Do we think Andrej would a better long term investment? Cause you have now set your own bar, and it will cost at least that much to bring Andrej back next year or he walks.
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Are you saying that Illinois can not keep up or will not keep up? If the answer is we can’t, is the reason based on current staff, inherent financial limitations, or are we just a small market, second tier school? I got a decree here because I believed we were a world class place.
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
It’s pretty easy: if we don’t pay it somebody else will.
If I'm his agent, I just need 2 “schools” willing to pay the 3 mill for the number to go up to 3.5 mill.
If I'm his agent, I just need 2 “schools” willing to pay the 3 mill for the number to go up to 3.5 mill.
No more "Ifs". Pick a guy, write the d**n check and move on the next target to finalize the roster. If we can't afford it, just be honest, hit the Missouri Valley and get ready for the season.
Dr Copejam
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I get that there are big donors out there who can float cash for these top targets. What is the overlap between big hoops donors and big football donors?
At what point does filling a need on one team impact the availability of money to the other team to get and retain players?
And yes, I'm thinking about how do we both get a big fish for basketball and keep a big fish for football. Are the same donors getting constant calls for hundreds of thousands of dollars more for a one year deal to a kid?
At what point does filling a need on one team impact the availability of money to the other team to get and retain players?
And yes, I'm thinking about how do we both get a big fish for basketball and keep a big fish for football. Are the same donors getting constant calls for hundreds of thousands of dollars more for a one year deal to a kid?
Well, you need 1 school actually willing to pay 3.5 or the number is still 3
Expecting Illinois to close down Andrej soon, the goal is an early week announcement next week. Number I have heard is around 2.8 million.
The super quick guards gave Ty some trouble but he's fine for the most part and has had another year of working with Fletch and developing.
If we "got him" for that 2.5 million, he may have reneged. Wild West in recruiting now.
Crazy. Morez is a higher ranked transfer per 247 and on3 and he got about half of that. Michigan did right by moving early and quickly.
Hope you’re right. That would be a nice post Easter treat. On a related note, I should have played basketball.
Recruiting high school kids is really a crap shoot these days. When it is time for them to commit, there's no certainty about the needs of collegiate teams. No one is sure who might still be around for the following year. Who is going pro? Who is hitting the portal? Who might sustain season long injuries? Which teams may have blown through their payroll and which teams might be sitting on a pile of cash? Not to mention, which coaches might still be with the team when the prospect hits campus?
Govoner Vaugn Fan
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wonder now about 'locker room issues' if the recent addition gets 2.8 million while the holdover players who announced they were coming back shortly after the season ended, showing some loyalty to the program, are only getting a fraction of that.
sacraig
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One key point is you'd also need to be very good at basketball.
Exactly, that 3 number is locked in essentially, so why not try to get more.
If we’re still competing for him with Duke, I’ll temper my expectations.
Not bad. It took $2.4M for him to enter the portal.
A tiny, insignificant detail…
I know it's totally free-flowing and markets evolve, but... it's been just 2 years and the fact that this dude will get like 4x what Terrence got to come here (if even that) ....
They can try, but his client doesn't get 3.5 until someone agrees to pay that
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