Recent content by DarthGopher

I might add I can guarantee you agents are using this against us at every possible turn. It is hard not to feel right now like we are in a world of shit. I realize it is happening everywhere, but we don't have a lot of success or history of success as a fall back position. Hope he can pull a...

Depends on if there is a lawsuit. There's gold in 'der 'dem hills. It's every man for himself in CBB. Everybody is staking claims left and right. Shoot first, ask questions later!

Damnit! I knew there was a catch!

According to the late Kobe Bryant, European players are more fundamentally sound. TRM has potential. Market it as direct exposure to the NBA. I would still be willing to be a funnel. Not for Sainthood as so generously offered by Gopher_in_NYC, but for Gopher Nation. :D

I suspect something similar. The current system is completely unsustainable.

I went to a Minnesota Moose game once a long time ago. That is the only minor league game I've ever seen, and that is because we had free tickets.

We are here because of hubris and a lack of leadership in the NCAA. They could have nipped this in the bud a long time ago had they put some forethought and effort into the problem. An unstable product is not sustainable. Volatility is generally bad business, and most do not tolerate it well...

Probably right. We'd go ask the NCAA for permission first, ya know if it wasn't too much trouble because we don't want to step on anyone's toes. Step 1: Hang the damn banner back up. Stop being chumps.

If the rumors are true that our NIL is hurting, or simply to bolster the funds, I have a proposal. Hire me as Director of Player Retention. Pay me a salary of $10-$15M per year. I'll take a 3% commission (after taxes), and the rest I donate to DTA. This will help transfer the money from the...

This model, if you can call it one, is simply unsustainable at this point. It cannot continue. They are destroying their own product from the inside out.

Short, simple and spot on!

Something tells me the DL is going to be much, much improved. Coach D has got a vision these kids are responding to, and it probably doesn't hurt he isn't that far removed from his playing days. He can directly relate to the kids. Dude is in beast mode!

I'm guessing no. I've played on and coached teams with toxic parents. They can completely sink a team, and it usually transfers to the their kid, too. In some of the developmental leagues where I helped coach, I'd see a kid and be totally confused as to how they got cut from their team. The...

My guess is this had to do with attitude and what was between the ears. A guy with that much raw talent doesn't go from starter to pariah because he was too dense to figure out his assignments. I'll speculate - Like so many boss / employee entanglements, he disagreed with the feedback he was...

It feels like the real life manifestation of Calvin Ball. We are just making up the game as we play it. This system is FUBAR.