When the house stops leaking, people will get more confident about replacing the carpet.Totally. I’m surprised no one is talking about this.
Looks to me that the hardwood is all scratched up and certainly needs to be replaced.When the house stops leaking, people will get more confident about replacing the carpet.
Wait until all the kids are out of the house before making a decision.Looks to me that the hardwood is all scratched up and certainly needs to be replaced.
And we should let a group of people who don't give a crap about our floor and will never step foot in our house the rights to choose it.Wait until all the kids are out of the house before making a decision.
And please do not put plastic wrap over the sofaWait until all the kids are out of the house before making a decision.
FYI: Maryland picked up the #7 and #47 player in the transfer portal. Maryland didn't lose any ranked players, if they had any, joke.
To judge the Gophers, we need to look at everything going on with the portal.
Right now people are worried because the Gophers lost some guys. Let's first see who the Gophers bring in and how other teams handle this.
It’s about fit. Last year’s #84 and #86 ranked transfers went to Illinois and Wisconsin. Marcus Domask and AJ Storr. Far better than most of the top 10 transfers.FYI: Maryland picked up the #7 and #47 player in the transfer portal. Maryland didn't lose any ranked players, if they had any, joke.
To judge the Gophers, we need to look at everything going on with the portal.
Right now people are worried because the Gophers lost some guys. Let's first see who the Gophers bring in and how other teams handle this.
It is interesting to see how different teams are now. As I watched Illinois-Iowa State last night, the majority of each of their rotations were transfers instead of players recruited out of high school. Unfortunately, without changes at the larger systems level, I think the day and age of recruiting and developing the majority of your rotation is over.Transfer portal related - I wonder at this point what percentage of key rotation guys around the country are actually still at the school they committed to out of high school? I mean when you watch a game it feels like the commentators are always mentioning where a player transferred from. Sometimes it feels like everyone is a transfer but obviously that is not the case. Looking at our roster in terms of the key players
Our top 8
Hawkins, Mitchell, Garcia, Fox - Transfers
Christie, JOJ, Payne, Carrington - Recruited
So if you don't count Ihnen we were at 50/50 in terms of key guys. If you factor him in it bumps up the recruited side some.
That said, assuming the guys in the portal stay in the portal and don't come back, our 24/25 roster will be almost all transfers.
I just wonder how common this is across the country. Obviously we know guys are moving around at an unprecedented level right now yet some teams seem to be able to keep their guys and don't need to rely heavily on the portal while other schools have rosters that are more transfers than recruits at this point. Such a messed up landscape in college basketball and football right now.
FYI: Maryland picked up the #7 and #47 player in the transfer portal. Maryland didn't lose any ranked players, if they had any, joke.
It’s about fit. Last year’s #84 and #86 ranked transfers went to Illinois and Wisconsin. Marcus Domask and AJ Storr. Far better than most of the top 10 transfers.
Development was over a few years ago. Mn and cbj didn't recognize it.It is interesting to see how different teams are now. As I watched Illinois-Iowa State last night, the majority of each of their rotations were transfers instead of players recruited out of high school. Unfortunately, without changes at the larger systems level, I think the day and age of recruiting and developing the majority of your rotation is over.
Development was over a few years ago. Mn and cbj didn't recognize it.
Kinda like we saw at MN yesterday? IIRC, the strategy so many were talking about for MN was a development program. We just witnessed how long it takes to blow up the development program.That’s not true. It can still be done greatly. Just a finer line.
And in most case you probably need 1-2 transfers to fill holes of graduation/early entry.
But you can definitely still develop and retain majority of a roster for many years
Yep. D1 is now a semi-pro league. You have to treat your roster like pro team. That's why I think there needs to be a GM who gets the players and negotiates contracts. The coach is there to coach whoever the GM signs. No more fiddling around with coaches trying to do everything in recruiting and retention.Kinda like we saw at MN yesterday? IIRC, the strategy so many were talking about for MN was a development program. We just witnessed how long it takes to blow up the development program.
Will cbj fill in the needs with development players or transfers? Already have two HS recruits coming in. Will there be more? Doubtful. Most if not all will be transfers, imo.
Having three locals that have been here two season all leave at the same time puts a damper on development.
Pro leagues have structure, contracts, rules.....what is going on right now is some f'ed up kind of fantasy sports where you have to go battle all the other managers for new players while making sure no other manager comes in and poaches your current players.Yep. D1 is now a semi-pro league. You have to treat your roster like pro team. That's why I think there needs to be a GM who gets the players and negotiates contracts. The coach is there to coach whoever the GM signs. No more fiddling around with coaches trying to do everything in recruiting and retention.
Why contracts are you talking about?Yep. D1 is now a semi-pro league. You have to treat your roster like pro team. That's why I think there needs to be a GM who gets the players and negotiates contracts. The coach is there to coach whoever the GM signs. No more fiddling around with coaches trying to do everything in recruiting and retention.
I agree, but why keep your organization in a past model when you know the model is a pro model? The U needs to be innovative and create GMs whose responsibility is finding, purchasing, and setting up the roster while the coaches coach.Pro leagues have structure, contracts, rules.....what is going on right now is some f'ed up kind of fantasy sports where you have to go battle all the other managers for new players while making sure no other manager comes in and poaches your current players.
What is going on right now is basically unrestricted free agency every year for every player. That is unsustainable and leads to the chaos we are seeing play out with thousands of players in the transfer portal every season.
At some point it will all get regulated in some way but that time is probably still a few seasons away so in the meantime we will have to deal with the mess that is college football and basketball with the ridiculous player movement and pay for play deals.
Evergreen post ^^I agree, but why keep your organization in a past model when you know the model is a pro model? The U needs to be innovative and create GMs whose responsibility is finding, purchasing, and setting up the roster while the coaches coach.
What's going on now is the U being reactionary and not proactive.
He has absolutely no idea what he's talking about. There are no contracts between the school and the players to negotiate. It's why these programs don't already have a GM.Evergreen post ^^
Oh I agree with that. There is a great misconception that the schools pays the money and signs contracts. That's not true. There is also a huge misconception that the school can't do anything about NIL. That is where the U got behind and stayed behind. The fact is- they don't give a rip about winning in basketball unless they happen to luck into it.He has absolutely no idea what he's talking about. There are no contracts between the school and the players to negotiate. It's why these programs don't already have a GM.
100%. I agree. The school can definitely be proactive about NIL it's just not through hiring a GM to "negotiate the contracts". Maybe we should see if we can swing a couple trades too.Oh I agree with that. There is a great misconception that the schools pays the money and signs contracts. That's not true. There is also a huge misconception that the school can't do anything about NIL. That is where the U got behind and stayed behind. The fact is- they don't give a rip about winning in basketball unless they happen to luck into it.
Don't disagree that you have to change with the times in order to try and keep up. But what is going on is not a pro model and there is also not a cut and dried way of attacking it.I agree, but why keep your organization in a past model when you know the model is a pro model? The U needs to be innovative and create GMs whose responsibility is finding, purchasing, and setting up the roster while the coaches coach.
What's going on now is the U being reactionary and not proactive.
In the U's defense I think a lot of schools are in a similar boat where they can't/won't go all in with the pay for play craziness.Oh I agree with that. There is a great misconception that the schools pays the money and signs contracts. That's not true. There is also a huge misconception that the school can't do anything about NIL. That is where the U got behind and stayed behind. The fact is- they don't give a rip about winning in basketball unless they happen to luck into it.
They sure take the TV money, the ticket money and then there is the $14 hot dog and soft drink bargain they give you. Oh they are all in- on taking the money. They just aren't in on investing in the product being good. They take the customer for granted.In the U's defense I think a lot of schools are in a similar boat where they can't/won't go all in with the pay for play craziness.
It's coming.He has absolutely no idea what he's talking about. There are no contracts between the school and the players to negotiate. It's why these programs don't already have a GM.