slufan13

Mack to Vandy Schertz to SLU McCollum to Missouri St Moser to DePaul Ford to FloSports

Yeah that kind of stuff is underratedly key for SLU's chances. SLU is targeting the guys we want them to target. But if the carousel starts spinning out of control, we may get bullied out of line. I am also hoping that a team like Indiana St or even Drake doesn't go on a Sweet 16 NCAA run

Trilly Donovan

I think our NIL budget is pretty competitive. I think our NIL strategy is a nightmare

I'm pretty confident he isn't going to Brooklyn

Yikes not having your beat reporting in the conference tournament is bad enough but yeah I feel like this means it may not be handled like it was for Crews

It's going to be annoying when we win our Tuesday game and delay in the inevitable.

We have a roster that is not talented and doesn't make sense positionally.

But but but but what about our offensive rankings? What are those?

That was a horrendous performance by SLU and yet somehow a worse performance by the refs

Just one more week guys. 7 more days

Travis ford gets his first and only top 25 win in his last game at chaifetz

SLU might actually be able to beat this Dayton team

SLU has the potential to be a top 5 non power 5 job. Great facilities, good financial commitment, good market, generally just good commitment to the program but not a ton of pressure to win, etc.

In the NIL/transfer era, every position can be upgraded every year. Guys like Jimerson and Parker would be nice pieces in smaller roles on a better team but both have huge limitations that will hold any team back if they're the focal points

Going from Travis Ford to the 6'9 Alan Huss would also be interesting.

They do run "the weave" a decent amount though so I know that's a big red flag on this board.

Can't say I know anything about their coach but I definitely like the team. I prefer a Mack or Schertz or Kerns (apparently there's mutual interest there although I think he has better geographical fits) but he'd be a very interesting name if we get priced out or bullied out of the top guys.

Let's just say Trilly was very aware of the circus visiting Chaifetz Arena

I've actually watched probably 5 or 6 High Point games this year because I've been betting on them as they frequently cover the spread. They're kind of entertaining. Really good and efficient offense (better than ours by all metrics) and pretty bad defense (still better than ours by all metrics). Their offense plays with decent tempo but it's also just pretty smooth flowing and they get open looks. It would be interesting to see how he'd do with an even better roster.

He or others like him are a good move if you want to keep the basketball budget the same but greatly enhance the NIL program. Or if boosters/BOT say we are on a tighter budget after such a large buyout. And I'm not opposed to getting a good floor coach and letting NIL do the recruiting. Just depends on what guys like Schertz or even Kerns are looking for. I assume Mack is looking for the moon.

I'm sure SLU will have Guy Phillips make like 10 announcements to stick around for the end of the game. As if that's convincing anyone. We can't make it tonight anyway but there's zero chance I'd have my kids sticking around. And if it is a blowout it's hard to blame anyone for leaving. But I am intrigued by Ford taking the mic one final time in Chaifetz.

I think anything outside the SEC, Big 12, Big 10, Big East, ACC is a much harder sell than it was even 12 months ago. I am fine with SLU being a springboard for a bigger job for candidates though (would maybe apply to Schertz but not Mack). And as backwards as it sounds, the contract given to Ford should appeal to candidates. To get that kind of money/years/security after one NCAA run should make us more marketable. Ford had some other solid years in there but if you aren't dancing and still getting that kind of security, it's pretty impressive. To be the highest paid coach in A10 history having never won the league is pretty appealing. And I'm guessing the next coach will be pretty well paid too unless SLU is going to budget shop.

Hopefully a new coach can talk the BVF out of that plan. I think SLU's NIL budget is probably pretty good but their NIL plan seems awful

Ford is 100% gone but this message board may permanently break if May came out and said we're keeping Ford another year. It would almost be interesting to experience.