Bunch of Iowa Guys in the Portal
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Would love Sandfort if we knew how to run action for him.
Actually not surprising at all. Players often bolt when their coach gets the boot.
Schooled Cliff as a freshman. Let’s bring him. And Sandfort.
They’ll follow fran should elect to coach.
Freeman is already spoken for. Has a no contact next to his name. He knows where he is headed. Think Kansas, Auburn money schools
Rumors are that Freeman is headed to Kansas for about $2 million
Are any of them good at passing the ball around the perimeter for 20 seconds then taking a contested 3 pointer? Because that is Pike's offense.
Me thinks you have the wrong Sandfort ... It would be PAYTON you'd want, not Pryce.
Freeman has a lot fo skills - but not a great defensive player. I am not saying I would not be happy with a player of his skills, but he is not the rim protector/defender RU really needs in the post for Pikiell's defense.
The price tags for Power 4 starters who can help, is 1M to 2.5M.....keep that in mind when RU fans are under the impression Pike has to get 4 impact players LMAO. As if RU is spending 8 to 10M in the portal for hoops AND another 4 to 5M for 2026 HS recruiting wins of Top 20 to 100 type kids.
These guys will be going to big programs and will get paid. Our targets will be coming from the low major conferences 🤷♂️
And that coat is going to go up with every school offering additonal rev share money.
If Rutgers doesnt have the money for transfer Power 4 starters who can help what makes you think Rutgers will be able to retain their own Power 4 starters who can help?
Plus spending $4-5m on freshman who can barely help.
That will then cost $1m-$2m when they the next year.
Both tactics are wrong:
- Recruit and retain HC players
- Multiple P4 impact transfers
Amazing that people still don't understand that. As Richie and Mike said on the podcast, we're not getting transfers from high majors.
An impact starting caliber player from a Power 4 is absolutely starting at 1M....not sure what players you are thinking about.
The path to winning is accumulating HS recruits and finding 1 portal player per cycle. Maybe 2 at the most.
you said players are making 1.5-2.5 million...there is a small group of players maybe a dozen..maybe even up to 20 making in this range.
There are how many power 5 schools...67?. Out of 330 plus starters, maybe 5% are making 1.5-2.5 milion. Rutgers will never competed at the level but by the way they were handed 2 players who made over $3 million combined so.....
There are maybe 10 schools who paid out huge bucks this year and interesting that two of them Kansas State and Indiana didnt make the tourney and neither did another school with large NIL Villanova. Coleman Hawkins got his million dollars in obsecurity. People are going to wise up. Its no longer about making the ncaa...its about paying someone elses salary....off tasting to me
Has anyone asked the repercussions of failures like that impacting future NIL giving...we see the success stories but when people drop coin and get nothing in return its going to have an impact going foward.
Wisconsin passed on giving million dollar paydays for Crowl and Hepburn and signed Tomje probably for less than 500K. Thats a program right there that you can get it done without paying your starting 5 $5 million.
There will be zero repercussions.
How many Villanova boosters contributed to their HCs salary or roster and got nothing in return?
Are they pulling their money?
Doubt it.
"Hope springs eternal"
people dont have endless money.....whales do....and that is how nil is going to be paid for.
its up to Pike to make his pitch like GS did.
But if impact starting players are getting 1M+ - doesn't it stand to reason that any freshman player that develops into that caliber player will then be expecting his 1M+? So we bring in freshman (Lathan or Grant, for example); develop them to where they are impact B1G starter level; and then we fork over the $ to keep them, or they leave and we are left with a new bunch of undeveloped players and/or portal lottery tickets.
Bottom line - if we only bring in one impact portal player per cycle, we won't have enough talent to compete unless we are retaining a LOT of our homegrown talent. We need at least 7 guys that belong in the B1G to really compete. Add in injuries and it's probably 9 needed.
How long 'til athletic directors decide they'll do better with a $500K/year coach and an extra $5mil in NIL than any $5.5mil/year coach?
Exactly. No question a coach making $500k could have gotten us to 15-17 this year.
Or a rushed, off-balance 2-pointer from a bad angle
The lack of good screening would render him completely ineffective.
How many other sports have HC as the highest paid person?
Nearly every other sport allocates more money towards players than coaches.
Like GS?? We act like Greg is raiding Georgia and Alabama for players w a war chest of cash!
You need a coach who can instill confidence and communicate a vision and culture. Pike unfortunately not that guy
