Someone on the WBB board pointed out that it may be an indication to send inquiries through their agent and not to the athlete directly. So things may be changing from "I know where I want to go" to "talk to my representation."
Do not contact is used far more for guys who know they're valued and want to select their school, not vice versa, so their agents are reaching out. Not saying it doesn't happen where guys know beforehand and thats why they do the do not contact, but this is more common.
To me, what is interesting about it is that it is a sign that players are identifying our coach as someone who can help their career along. I like it!
Also it's so they can reach out to the schools they are considering and not have anyone contact them. Many players have been contacted by back door contacts, like friends, players and others that are not coaches. Many have a short list of teams they know are interested or have mutual interest.
Gotta think for any desirable player that goes in the portal the amount of contact they get is ridiculous. You have tons of teams all competing for the same handful of impact guys and everything in portal recruiting is shrunk down to a really tight window. The whole process has to be nuts for everyone involved.
I'd be ok with taking TT's guys that make some $$ there and want to just come play basketball without the school trying to find the next guy they can pay millions to.
And many of these players are know through previous recruitment and the AAU circuits. Coaches know what they are looking for and who will fit their systems.
I haven't followed him at all, I'm kinda wondering why he hasn't been able to garner more minutes and scoring opportunities in his career? He has shot 45%, 39%, then 45% from 3PT. Career 77% FT shooter. Decent size at 6'7" 205. Yet he has only played more than 30 minutes 10 times in his career (110 games total), and only taken 10 or more shots twice. Maybe he has just had too many other talented players on those Purdue/Texas teams? Does he have difficulty creating his own shot, I see that 2/3 of his attempts are 3's.
yeah i think it was simply because he has been on some loaded teams. Started 29 games for Texas this past year. Played the 5th most minutes. Texas' other 4 starters took a ton of shots as well.
and saying all that......he would still be a homerun get for the gophers
Agree
This is a bummer. He was a dang rebounding machine, and that attribute will be hard to replace. That said, he couldn't make a free throw to save his life, so he was far from a complete player.
There's a bit of a "Moneyball" aspect to it too. Michigan and Arizona (and Illinois) won with size, so now everyone wants it and guys like Vioholla become more valuable.
good point.....as while i view this as a loss.....will be very interesting where he ends up....lateral move or a move down
Isn't he undersized, though? I can't imagine a 6'8" center coming off a serious knee injury will be a hot commodity for P5.
Hes 6'8, has no shooting or creating skills and can't hit a FT. This is the C Michigan would love for their opponents to run out against them.
Create the all Nolan team. Not to be confused with Al Nolan.
Hahaha.
