Also saw Ryan James say that Payne wanted to be paid as one of the best bigs in the country on GI. And Payne isnt one of the best bigs in the country he has the potential to get better but he has to realize that before he gets paid imo. Minnesota can't spend money on potential.
Apparently we offered a decent deal.
Per Ryan James "Minnesota offered him a solid NIL package for next season but Payne will look for opportunities elsewhere. He just entered the transfer portal but I can promise you Iowa State, Texas A&M and Nebraska will be among the teams all over it. And...
JOJ was benched most the half because his recovery early on defense was awful. We do need his assertiveness on offense but he's got to play both sides.
The good thing is that he and Mitchell are both showing improvement. Coming from non power 5 conferences they are starting to adjust and both are Juniors and not just 1 year senior rentals like we've been doing the first 2 years. So this is another foundation we can hopefully build on and they...
To me, if this is where everything is headed, as it seems to be, the system needs to develop into what Soccer leagues across the world do. Institute transfer fees. If I spend the time finding and developing a player and you want him then you have to pay us both. Make my investment worth it...
Looking at Cherry boxscores it looks like his brother and cousin play varsity as well an 8th grader and 7th grader and putting up decent numbers. Wonder what their prospect levels are. If you get one and they turn out to be pretty good could have a potential pipeline.