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3 minutes ago, ACE said:
I really don't care about May either way, but if he was good enough for Majerus, and he's good enough for Doc Chaifetz and good enough for Schertz to come here - I'm gonna say he's good enough for me. I think many overestimate his importance in the grand scheme.
I've been saying that for years. We've got about 30 years of evidence that demonstrates the old boy network runs the show regardless of who the AD is.
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21 minutes ago, ACE said:
Santos is one of the very few recent P6 transfers coming into the A-10 and having success. There used to be more. The days of Bess and Okoro are becoming increasingly rare. Most of the other successful transfers coming into the A-10, as you point out are not former P6 players... and that was my point. The same story is playing out in the MVC and other mid major conferences.
I can simply counter with the starting 5 from Final Four team Alabama - every one started his career at a low to mid major. But wait, there's much more - Lance Jones at Purdue and Domansk at Illinois. UConn's top two scorers began at non P6 schools. NC State's leading scorer began his career in the MVC. The leading scorers from 3 of the Final Four teams began at non P6 schools.
Four of 5 Bonaventure's starters transferred to P6 schools not long ago - the transfers they had coming in were not of the same quality - a couple of former P6 players, but the rest were former low major players. Even blue blood Kentucky has had several former A-10 players and an MVC player in recent years.
I could go on and on. I really wish it was true that the talent transferring down would equal the talent transferring up. There's a reason most of the P6 schools were very supportive of free agency ... it wasn't to be nice and give the kids more "freedom."
The situation where the P6 has everybody beat is the post-grad market. If a player has already graduated from a mid-major school I don't think it's fair to expect him to come back when he has much better options.
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14 minutes ago, willie said:
While you gave me a couple of names it’s still a fairly small sample. Seems like more lateral transfers
You would expect more lateral transfers than anything else. There are lot more teams outside of the P6 than there are inside of it.
However, don't you think it's strange that folks hyper-focus on the starters who transfer up but ignore the guys who transfer down and put up numbers right away? If the lowly Billikens had such a player, then I can think you can safely assume every team in the conference has at least one. I pointed out the all-conference players because those are the ones that most people are interested in.
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13 minutes ago, willie said:
Star you made the transfer down argument last year and I don’t think it was true. If you give me examples I will stand corrected.
Ezewiro, a guy who couldn't get off the bench for a bad P6 team, averaged 12 and 6 for an equally bad Billikens team. This isn't a sexy example, but it's fairly typical.
The co-player of the year in the A10 is Richmond's Jordan King, an all-conference player who transferred from another mid-major. Same with second-teamer Keyshawn Hall from George Mason. That's also fairly typical.
Matt Cross was a role player at his previous P6 stops. He was a first-teamer at UMass. Nate Santos couldn't get off the bench at Pitt. He was a second-teamer at Dayton. And so on.
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4 hours ago, ACE said:
Yep, I have always been concerned that free agency would disproportionately hurt non-P6 schools. I was told by some that with the players transferring "down" from P6 schools, that it would all even out. I kept an open mind to that argument, but my first instinct was correct. There were so many former low and mid-major players playing key roles for P6 teams in the Sweet 16 teams. One of many reasons why there are a dearth of non-P6 at large bids. And then when you get a team like ISU that defies the odds, they get screwed by the dreaded "eye test."
The first players to enter the portal are usually the ones who are transferring up. That only makes sense. They want the bidding war to start as soon as possible. Some guys who are getting booted to make room for the new guys haven't been booted yet.
And some of those unwanted players will go on to be starters or even all-conference players at their new destination. Happens in the A-10 every year.
Once the high majors decided to drop good mid-majors from their non-conference schedules, they effectively locked mid-majors out of the at-large discussion.
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44 minutes ago, thetorch said:
Didn't say they were successful at it. Usually criminals who maintain ties to law enforcement do so because they've been caught multiple times.
Typical of St. Louis to continually defend criminals in our community. Don't particularly care how they live. Irons is a convicted felon who recieved favorable treatment in his jail sentence, his best friends and business associates are criminals, he has admitted to cheating in gaining admittance for players to go to his school, paying for housing, forging documents, he's admitted to skimming off the top in the school district that employed him for 40 years, stealing thousands or more. The same corrupt school district employs his son in the same job he had, a son who was involved in the fathers criminal enterprises. This isn't hyperbole, this info is from court documents. I guess its all ok because his teams win games.
So he's a lifelong criminal for basically doing what blue blood college basketball programs have done for decades but at a much smaller scale. And he's a criminal to this day at 75 years old but he has a sweetheart deal with the Feds to keep him out jail. Got it.
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8 hours ago, thetorch said:
Yes. Shameful what Irons did to him.
This is what happens when you let felons run public schools.
Irons for years would let kids go to school without uniforms if they paid him a dollar. He'd stand outside and collect the money every day. Told auditors this money went to the district. District had no record of receiving any of it. Floyd is a real life Clay Davis.
Floyd, his sons, and Mike Knoll, were all wannabe gangsters who came up with a crooked mortgage scheme to rip off a couple guys from Town & Country. Knoll, a career criminal who used his nefarious earnings to bankroll Irons AAU program and multiple other scams, was also a longtime fed snitch along with Irons. They would rat on criminals so they could expand their own criminal enterprises. Floyd tried to snitch on his partners, lucky the judge didn't buy it. Still the FBI helped cut Irons possible prison time by more than half. Nothings changed since then. The Irons family is still involved in gangs and criminal enterprises while snitching to Feds and local cops.
These are the guys shaping young men in St. Louis.
They certainly live a modest lifestyle considering they are crime kingpins. I don't think the average De Smet graduate would trade places with them.
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50 minutes ago, gobillsgo said:
In fairness, I don’t think anyone thought Mack was a realistic option. He may not have been an option, doesn’t his daughter play volleyball in Florida? Possible he wanted to be close to her. Schertz and Mack were 1A and 1B for me, with the rumored players following Schertz giving him a very slight edge. I do think Chris Mack could’ve been EXTREMELY successful here, but I also think Schertz will be.
Charleston is very fortunate to be a 1 hr flight away from Mack's new base of operations in Florida. He's at the point of his career where he never has to move again. He can just take the highest paying nearby job.
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1 minute ago, ACE said:
I never said there was a downside... at the time, gabriel and myself suggested that the redshirt meant that he likely wouldn't continue his career at Creighton - and that's exactly what happened. He may go on to have a fine career elsewhere, but it was never likely to be at Creighton.
I agree with that. Here's the other side of that. Because of the portal there's no reason for a big kid that's borderline high major to go mid major out of high school. He can always redshirt, maintain his four years of eligibility, jump into the portal and transfer down.
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9 minutes ago, ACE said:
You were spot on with this. Amusing to see some of the push back you got.
Vice wanted to take a shot at making the rotation for a top 15 team. He wasn't quite good enough so he took a redshirt year. Now he enters the portal with all four years of eligibility. I don't see the downside here.
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2 hours ago, The Wiz said:
Hopefully CJS turns into the next RM. Schertz does have 3 advantages over 1st year RM. First is, he is bringing some of his own players...players who know, understand and have executed his system. Second, their is the portal where he can bring in players that fit his system. The portal is more valuable when you know exactly what you need as opposed to...this guy seems pretty good. And finally NIL...Again, instead of just throwing money at players...pay just for what you need.
Will things work out this way? We will know in a few days....tick ...tick ...tick
Wiz, we were having a discussion about what Schertz would have done with this year's team. We know how good his current core is. They're in the NIT final four right now.
If Schertz brings his top three guys with him, all he would need from the portal is a couple of role players.
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System coaches need the right personnel to run their system. That's why Majerus couldn't win here until he had his guys in place. Schertz runs his offense through the 5. Not only did we not have a 5 that is a high level shooter and passer, the rest of the team was the worst collection of passers in decades.
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3 hours ago, White Pelican said:
I never gave any thought to Brad Underwood's looks but everyone on here seems to not like them. So I just googled him (I know who he is and what he looks like) and clicked on images. The funny thing is, the first four or so rows of pics, he's got his mouth open, he's mad, and he's yelling at players/refs/whomever.
And I know how we don't like coaches who yell at refs and players. Anyway, to me, he just looks like an insurance salesman or an old-school Chicago Bears linebacker.
I'd take him as a coach in a heartbeat.
Coaches who yell and win get a pass. Coaches who yell and lose get trashed for yelling as if the yelling is why they're losing.
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3 hours ago, Bizziken said:
This slots him in as the 59th highest paid college basketball coach. Seems REALLY low for a blue blood-adjacent program.
Kelsey's like their seventh choice and is being paid accordingly. I think this is a good fit. The program has cratered and Kelsey is a good enough X's and O's coach to make them NIT-worthy in two years and back to the NCAA in three.
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Outstanding job by the agent to dominate the Louisville sports news cycle with two of his clients.
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37 minutes ago, thetorch said:
Shot 30% from 3. Athletic wing that can't shoot. Are we picking these guys out of a hat?
Somebody has to come off the bench and play defense. Schertz's squad has everything else.
https://posteagles.com/news/2024/3/15/deng-deang-named-d2cca-all-east-region-second-team-third-player-in-program-history-to-achieve-honor.aspx"Defensively, Deang has contributed a team-leading 30 blocks with 33 steals as well."
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1 hour ago, HoosierPal said:
Ok. Thanks.
I'd be looking at the list of coaches whose team has been eliminated from the NCAA tourney these past three days. No coach will dump his team in the midst of a tourney run.
Or did the email say "as early as....."
"Put on notice" and "as early as" is essentially the same thing.
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33 minutes ago, Compton said:
Is this referring to anyone in particular?
That's pretty much the profile of every coach being brought up for an open coaching position. The proverbial home run hire doesn't exist for Louisville in this hiring cycle. Sure there's Chris Mack but Louisville already fired him.
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9 minutes ago, Franchise_08 said:
Louisville needs to hit a home run for their hire…to them, Schertz would not be that for that program. A NIT coach would not move the needle, no offense.
Louisville is in a tough spot. A young media darling who has made a tournament run isn't available. It's either hire a so-called retread or hire a relative unknown who has been one and done in the tournament.
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The price of acquiring talent has skyrocketed but the flood of upsets keeps coming. Hilarious.
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Is Reed Sheppard still a lottery pick after this game?
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22 minutes ago, slu72 said:
All in favor of a high powered offense, but would really like to see a defense that is ranked somewhere between 100-150. Offense is fickle as a team is bound to have off nights. Good D tends to be a stabilizing force that can keep you in games when your O is misfiring. It’s why Rick always said to win defend and rebound.
Indiana St. is already ranked 102. Just for context, the 97th and 98th ranked teams are St. Joseph's and Fordham. Dayton is 105. It's probably where we were during the Claggett and Highmark days. So you don't need to be a top tier defensive team to get to the NCAA tournament. But if you can't get stops against good teams, your stay will be short.
https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/stat/defensive-efficiency
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11 hours ago, TheA_Bomb said:
Yeah I agree with this but could be an issue in non-con or post season. Help D and a serviceable 4 could mitigate this issue. (assuming Schertz come with some of his guys).
Good part about 5 out is that he pulls the other possibly more athletic rim protector out of the paint to open up the lane for cutters.
Schertz D was ranked around 100 on KenPom they gave up some points to a very hot shooting SMU. Maybe with better athletes the D will be better.
If Avila, Kent, Conwell and Swope come, those guys are all starting. The defense is what it is. The team formerly known as Indiana State will have to outscore teams to win in the A10 just like they did in the MVC. Improving the defense will have to be a long-time project that starts after these guys graduate.
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14 minutes ago, BrettJollyComedyHour said:
So he's saying being an adult means...caring about adult things? Caring about a sports team as an adult is about recapturing that feeling of when we were kids, I think.
But this isn't how we operated when we were kids. We didn't know enough about how the world worked to care about the fine details. (Well ABomb did but maybe he was precocious). I'm not saying it's all bad, but it's certainly more stressful being an adult sports fan. And often more mean-spirited.
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