billikenfan05

Admittedly I know nothing about Wilcher, but the glaring hole of no true point guard, would be the only role I could see Schertz making an exception for. Wilcher doesn't look like that.

Schertz has said he's got his roster set.

"Wasn't prepared for the portal asking prices" alarm bells are going off. With the way they posted "the war room" it really felt like they were anticipating a similar time frame to the men's team.

DP.

It's interesting one of our coaching staffs has all but said that getting a late start in the portal is a season killer.

Big day today. Softball has two vs Mason.

My educated guess on how SLU is handling NIL is that there is $X amount firmly committed to NIL pot, but as you said, funds can be raised if there's a can't miss player asking for more. What the limit on more is, I'm sure I don't have an idea.

What your Soup Dejour?

I think the difference, as the industry stands currently, is that players don't have buyout clauses. Yes the program is in "better shape" but that's only if they make an NCAA Tournament. If a program came along after this season and said we want Josh Schertz, okay thanks for the exorbitant buyout. It's a bummer we didn't get NCAA cash, but that buyout is still lovely. With players, if you don't get to the tournament you really didn't get too much of a profit off (a) player(s). All you can really do is try to go out and replace them or pay to keep them. If we get to a point with buyouts, that would level the playing field alone, IMO.

I would like to see the number of players who actually have an agent. What type of agent they have. One of the things I think Schertz is good at is finding players who aren't solely motivated by "reaching the next tax bracket". I think the idea that every player out there is going to jump because they are offered $X more, is a cynical one. Now that's not to say that every player isn't motivated to make more money. I think people there's much more nuance to every player's decision to leave. Schertz made it sound like no player walked into his office ready to jump.

Who is to say they will stick around though? It's nice to think about, but there's no way to know if any of these guys will be here next year. I am of the opinion that we'll see less turnover, especially if this year goes well. If this year goes poorly, well all bets are off.

Trey Green wasn’t injured. Brady had a high ankle sprain in high school. Oblique injury this past season. And I think a hand injury? Obviously high school was his leg. However no other issue with his legs in college. Legs are the ones you worry about lingering.