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Because the President is a lame duck and won’t make a change? May will be “retiring” soon enough, and will take his victory lap.

I have high confidence that Schertz will find players to fit his system and coach them. It’s good these kids are getting paid because of the results from his system. It will make others want to be part of it. And, once former players go to Texas and play for a lesser coach and their stats drop, it will show how good Schertz is.

From the start, the 2 I wanted were Avila and Conwell. I’m guessing Conwell will go to a Big Ten school. Give us Robbie and Swope and that is good. People can’t say we poached the ISU roster. I think Schertz will actually have better players than the starting ISU 5 next year. I’m pretty sure he can coach them up.

Mark is a SG. He can score a ton but takes games off.

I doubt his son will be on scholarship.

Our former coach

Like I said, 2024 is a different world. Look around the country and see how many Freshman are in the portal. Unless they get immediate playing time they are gone after a year. Even then they may go shopping for more NIL.

Exactly

Nice. He is very mobile for a big and can hit 3s. His dad played at Dayton, they are from the Netherlands.

It doesn’t matter in 2024 and beyond. High school recruits are not useful unless they play immediately. With the portal everyone can get more college ready players.

Swope must be the exception to that, unless he’s grown 6” since the season ended.

I’d say Larry is not likely as he’s been speculated to be looking back home in Texas. And Conwell seems to be a coin flip if he follows Schertz. I’d say Avila, Swope, and Kent will be the starters likely to come to SLU. I’m sure there will be many other portal pieces and recruits incoming.

Baylor was able to master the art of paying players prior to NIL. They used the Baptist church to funnel money to players’ families. It’s amazing how many of their recruits had parents that were pastors or received a new church and funds after signing with them.

With the portal and NIL, teams actually need someone with coaching acumen since they turn over rosters constantly. No more out-recruiting and out-talenting everyone else as the playing field has leveled off.

His teammate Larry is going to visit them. They probably mentioned to him to let Avila know he can reach out if he wants a trip to Austin.