im into more softer ts like this one at rallyhouse

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RUbacker said:

bad move if they hire him

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Respectfully disagree. Unlike at Rutgers, he will have talent there and this will springboard him to his next opportunity. He’s not Head Coach material, but was a very good DC at Ohio State.

Greene Rice FIG said:

potentially great players is not the same as current great players.

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What “current great players” were you pitching to this higher level wing?

Davis and Simpson?
Gavin?
JWill?

Come play with them and get your own numbers? Not a great culture fit.

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NickRU714 said:

Is this really the player you want:

“I don’t want to play with potential great players. I want to play with less talented players so I can do my own thing and get my own shots and numbers.”

That’s the argument you are making by targeting play don’t want to play along side potentially great players.

Why did Clif go to Alabama? To win.
He reportedly had better offers.
You don’t want players who want to win?

Sorry but “better players” generally correlates to “more winning”.

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potentially great players is not the same as current great players.

fatsam98 said:

Ace literally committed on the spot because of the atmosphere at that Ohio State game.

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The atmosphere is unbelievable when we are on.
The sightlines are as good as any in college basketball.
The Sound is electrifying.

You don’t tear down the Palestra or Cameron Indoor.

It’s the one great and unique thing we have.

Again just build a nice concourse out front and add bathrooms. It’s not that difficult.
If you must build bougie boxes put up an elevator and make boxes where the offices are. SMH why this has taken decades.

The trend is towards smaller arenas. We don’t need the soulless morgues of OSU and PSU.

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no brainer.. not rooting for the Philly Pigeons... so hoping KC makes it 3 in row.
..but for Pacheco being injured and not used like he was in the past, think they will move on and avoid paying him more in future. That being said, I hope he winds up with the GIANTS and bring the prodigal son home to NJ. Can always hope, right?

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Ace had 0 blocks, 2 defensive rebounds and 0 assists and missed 13 straight shots. You are an optimist and saying he had a good game.

Greene Rice FIG said:

RuChoppin,

Are you really rejecting that playing with 2 18 year olds that will be looking to put their numbers for the NBA draft wouldn't make a 22 year old look for a different option?

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Is this really the player you want:

“I don’t want to play with potential great players. I want to play with less talented players so I can do my own thing and get my own shots and numbers.”

That’s the argument you are making by targeting play don’t want to play along side potentially great players.

Why did Clif go to Alabama? To win.
He reportedly had better offers.
You don’t want players who want to win?

Sorry but “better players” generally correlates to “more winning”.

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Greene Rice FIG said:

RuChoppin,

Are you really rejecting that playing with 2 18 year olds that will be looking to put their numbers for the NBA draft wouldn't make a 22 year old look for a different option?

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I'm rejecting that we'd have been able to afford a B1G-level impact 22 year old at all (let alone two of them), with even less non-Harper/Bailey NIL money.

You're talking about dropping our 2 most talented players, replacing them with 2 random HS freshmen, and hoping that we'd be able to trade two of our current portal transfers for two others.... who would be net/net better than having Bailey/Harper on the team. None of this improves retention, or chemistry, or helps get everyone playing Pikiell-style defense.... it just swaps two freshman superstars for "two portal players in our budget".

Also, Bailey was our first commit for the 2024 class (Jan 2023). There's no telling whether we'd have even gotten Sommerville (Apr 2023), Dorch (Jun 2023), or Grant (Aug 2023) without that domino falling first.

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I think the thread quality of the softer t shirt and sweatshirts is just better on these sites here as well as the logos and designs....problem is especially with the latter link, not much in red

RUChoppin said:

JWill and AWill were desperation moves after Spencer/Mulcahy bailed late, well after the undergrad portal had closed. JWill was a huge risk, since we didn't even know if he'd be eligible for 2023-24 without a waiver, had the betting issue looming over his head, and was coming off a torn achilles tendon - but there were slim pickens in the portal at that point, and we had a massive hole blown through our roster after we'd thought it was largely set.

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JWill and AWill were risks that didn’t pan out

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RUChoppin said:

Also, just as an aside, NIL should have nothing to do with collectives pulling small contributions from fans. The whole point of "Name, Image, and Likeness rights" are that someone is being paid for use of their NIL for advertising or selling a product in some way. A collective begging fans to chip in nickels so that they can somehow funnel that money to players under the guise of "appearance" money or whatever, is a warped contortion of what NIL is supposed to be.

Now, I know the horse is out of the barn at this point, and NIL is just a euphemism for "let fans pay player salaries"... but the average fan is negatively impacted by $30 parking, and they can't be relied on to foot the bill for millions in player payouts.

/soapbox

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It’s pay to play and always has been pay to play.
NIL is BS.

Before these payments happened under the table, which is why UConn has gotten so good at raising resources. Now everything is out in the open, so we either pony up or don’t.

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RuChoppin,

Are you really rejecting that playing with 2 18 year olds that will be looking to put their numbers for the NBA draft wouldn't make a 22 year old look for a different option?