Maybe....but still going to trust their opinion of players over those of a bunch of people sitting behind keyboards. If Johnson is wrong and the team fails again it will all work itself and those of you desperate to see him fired will get your wish.
I call bull.....you just googled top centers in the portal and listed them. Maybe 5 of those are better than Payne right now.
He had a more accurate opinion of our teams the last two seasons than the Ben-apologists or Ben, himself.
Sure it does. A person who dwells on the negative was going to be right a lot these last two years. It doesn't mean that they know anything- it just means that times matched the attitude.
Here's the thing about Jack. He has worked on himself (look at the build) and he has a great attitude along with massive size. Those are some attributes I like to see on an actual team. A team is a unit of people who play roles, who inspire one another and produces results beyond just the pure sum of the talents involved. Welcome Jack- I hope you are part of a really good and fun team this coming year.
If Big Jack is reading this he is having a big laugh over having drawn more posts in 24 hours than Dennis Evans. Free fun.
Not one person has said he is an elite player right now.....not a single one.
Getting Evans to commit, even though he didn't stick, puts a big hole in the argument that Johnson can't get anyone to come because of Payne.
What did you think Dennis Evans was planning on doing here? Sit for 3 years and take the job as a senior?
If you are recruiting as if you are going to get no production out of them....that would be the definition of writing them off.
My response was to someone saying there were very few players avail at the center position better than him. I'm NOT negative on him but it's absurd to think there are not more than 5 players avail better than him... Right Meow
Fair enough....obviously there are guys better than Payne in the portal. And those guys will be in massive demand from the top programs and most likely the biggest spenders.
Clearly WSU couldn't match our NIL offer
With a finite number of roster spaces you have to plan based on where things are at the moment not where they would be in a worst case scenario. Very few teams are setup to withstand multiple season ending injuries and still do well in college basketball.
He isn't here. He would not have started at center this coming year.
This is quite a take. There was no need to dwell, the results thus far have been clear. No one wants them to be bad lol
Don't forget that with that much mass, he could have trouble getting his feet set and end up with blocking fouls instead of taking charges. We need his fouls to come in the paint, right?
I think peoples' heads would explode if it turned out WSU brought in a transfer center from the portal and asked this guy to leave.
How do you know? I thought you had to be at practices to know this kinda stuff, or does that only apply to the posters complaining about this commitment?
He just needs to set picks, amright?
I think Evans was a big loss for the program for the long term. I don’t think that a 7 foot 190# kid who scored 14 points in a mid level HS league for a .500 team was going to come in and beat Payne out at center next year. Do you?