Ben can give him an acrylic coat or something. But if he develops, other schools will give him a fur coat and a BMW...like what Payne got and was wearing/driving around campus in his last weeks here.
Have you? What is our NIL? Are high school players more or less expensive than transfers?
I have no idea but I am guessing the top rated players from the transfer market and top rated high school guys are similar. After that if I was handing out NIL I would prefer a proven guy from the transfer market rather than a high school recruit.
Given our limited NIL budget HS recruits may be a better way to go since the proven guys in the portal are more desirable by schools and will cost more. Not saying I’d abandon the portal but we need to be smart with what little we have.
The administration needs to get serious about pushing donors for a far bigger fund. They will need to start with showing a desire to win. The reality now is- little NIL = little success.
This feels like a conundrum. We need you to donate to NIL, so we can start winning. We're not donating more until you start winning.
You are right. Johnson needs to win this year or they need to get a coach that makes fans and donors believe they will- based on that coach's past track record. The Tubby hiring gave the program a short term surge, but he fizzled. The last two hires have been guys with no history of winning at this level and then both failed. It's not over for Ben but he has to make people believe this year.
You almost have to do something that goes against the grain and be good at it to succeed with the limited resources Minnesota has, whatever that ends being. Tough job for most coaches I would imagine.
I have my doubts that we will ever draw a proven high major winner who is reasonably close to prime. Much more likely option (if administration is serious)is tapping a proven winner at a lower level still growing in the career. I’m not confident of either. I’m falling to the discouragement of us willingly taking on the paid loser role in the conference.
Any data that suggests he’s an immediate contributor?
I'll wait until next season if he's still a gopher to worry about it. No guarantees in this landscape.
Yep. I think our administration is just fine with it. They are good with taking the $120 million in TV revenue and running.
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I am going with the theory that if you recruit good HS players AND you put together a competitive NIL program, you become the incumbent and have the best chance to keep those players. The reason we lost Hawkins and Payne is because we were not prepared with competitive money. While the older players are indeed more experienced, the HS recruits that come to high D1 schools as their first stop are in large part going to be the better players.
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I do, he'll realize how much it sucks there and it will be fresh in his mind when he makes his announcement
Honestly, if a kid has to put this out ahead of time, I will say leave us alone. You either commit or you don't, but I have no time for divas.
Most of them do it. It's just the age we are in. I'll take him.
If this makes him a diva, every recruit this day and age is a diva so we should have no time for any of them, which would make it difficult to put a team on the court
I guess it speaks to an era that makes me care less everyday. The number of season ticket holders that have dropped out would agree with me.
I'm sure you're right, but I don't think the kids care too much about that
I posit that the NIL in connection with divas has helped reduce the season ticket holders. People are tired of the game outside the game.
