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Post by bulkey on Apr 25, 2024 10:59:15 GMT -5
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Post by mdoggie on Apr 25, 2024 11:11:01 GMT -5
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Post by mdoggie on Apr 25, 2024 11:14:40 GMT -5
JuJu, Howell, Heckle plus those two! USC Trojans are back on the map!
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Post by bulkey on Apr 25, 2024 11:21:39 GMT -5
Also scary
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Post by linkster on Apr 25, 2024 16:54:47 GMT -5
The whole portal thing reminded me of something but until now I couldn't remember what.
This is what happens to those who fail to find a scholarship.
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Post by chicagogg on Apr 26, 2024 8:05:14 GMT -5
In the Middletown Press today, Paul Doyle says UConn's main focus is on Beers and Chen.
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Post by bulkey on Apr 26, 2024 8:24:49 GMT -5
In the Middletown Press today, Paul Doyle says UConn's main focus is on Beers and Chen. I'm sure that's so. Geno holds cards we don't even know exist in the deck (had Sarah Strong all along while other schools were bragging she was theirs; everyone knew Beers was visiting OK, but only after she had already left Storrs was it leaked that she'd been there, etc. etc.). So any other speculation about what Geno's thinking/doing is just wild, crazy guessing. Still.... Personally, I hope Geno has a Plan B for a big--either a starter or even a back-up--if Raegan turns us down. Not essential, but it would be comforting.
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Post by doggydaddy on Apr 26, 2024 8:58:32 GMT -5
In the Middletown Press today, Paul Doyle says UConn's main focus is on Beers and Chen. I'm sure that's so. Geno holds cards we don't even know exist in the deck (had Sarah Strong all along while other schools were bragging she was theirs; everyone knew Beers was visiting OK, but only after she had already left Storrs was it leaked that she'd been there, etc. etc.). So any other speculation about what Geno's thinking/doing is just wild, crazy guessing. Still.... Personally, I hope Geno has a Plan B for a big--either a starter or even a back-up--if Raegan turns us down. Not essential, but it would be comforting. I thought Beers visited Oklahoma first then Storrs.
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Post by bulkey on Apr 26, 2024 9:12:05 GMT -5
I'm sure that's so. Geno holds cards we don't even know exist in the deck (had Sarah Strong all along while other schools were bragging she was theirs; everyone knew Beers was visiting OK, but only after she had already left Storrs was it leaked that she'd been there, etc. etc.). So any other speculation about what Geno's thinking/doing is just wild, crazy guessing. Still.... Personally, I hope Geno has a Plan B for a big--either a starter or even a back-up--if Raegan turns us down. Not essential, but it would be comforting. I thought Beers visited Oklahoma first then Storrs. Yes, I wasn't implying otherwise. Everyone knew ahead of time that she was going to Norman. But only after she had left Storrs did they know about that. Geno keeps everything as quiet as he can.
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Post by mdoggie on Apr 26, 2024 9:28:47 GMT -5
Beers is going to Oklahoma. Who is next in line?
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Post by bulkey on Apr 26, 2024 9:33:02 GMT -5
Beers is going to Oklahoma. Who is next in line? Wow. Must have missed that, and I just checked the media. Where did you see it?
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Post by mdoggie on Apr 26, 2024 9:35:30 GMT -5
Beers is going to Oklahoma. Who is next in line? Wow. Must have missed that, and I just checked the media. Where did you see it? Just my opinion stated as fact. I tend to do that often. Just looking at her Twitter (follow activity and reading OK fan forum). It would be nice to be wrong but that doesn’t happen often lol.
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Post by bulkey on Apr 26, 2024 9:45:09 GMT -5
Wow. Must have missed that, and I just checked the media. Where did you see it? Just my opinion stated as fact. I tend to do that often. Just looking at her Twitter (follow activity and reading OK fan forum). It would be nice to be wrong but that doesn’t happen often lol. I think it's the safe bet: that she'll chose OK. But how about this. 1. After spending time in OK and even OK being in negotiations to bring her associate Oregon St. coach to Norman, she agreed to get on a plane and fly to Storrs (not an easy flight/connection). That wasn't talked about at all until after it was over. So the media completely missed that. 2. Doesn't UConn and OK seem asymmetrical? One is close to home, probably socially more comfortable, maybe big NIL. The other is the opposite of those. Instead, it takes players out of their comfort zone (Sarah Strong explicitly gave that as the reason she decided to leave her home state and commit to UConn). OK plays in a great basketball conference; UConn's conference sucks. But UConn will be on national TV a lot more, has a much better chance to show her off nationally, has a fantastic record for training for the WNBA. I'm not saying Raegan will chose UConn because of any one those things. I'm just saying that, taking them all together, UConn is both an improbable and yet attractive alternative to OK. But if I had to choose an alternative to OK for her that is only attractive, I'd say TX. But she chose UConn as the alternative. It's gotten under her skin. How deeply, we'll find out.
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Post by huskyharper on Apr 26, 2024 11:58:46 GMT -5
It takes a special person to choose the more difficult path that is UCONN wbb. It's not just the basketball fit, or even teammate-ship. It's unrelenting pressure to perform in the classroom and on the court And in the locker room. For the right person/player (see Nika) it is a journey to their best selves.
Wow! We get to watch and cheer them onward. Fortunate are we!
If a player doesn't choose UCONN at first, for whatever reasons, if they come later they may well become Huskies for life, eg. Evina, Dorka, Lou L-S.
Welcome to the pack.
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Post by bulkey on Apr 26, 2024 12:02:43 GMT -5
It takes a special person to choose the more difficult path that is UCONN wbb. It's not just the basketball fit, or even teammate-ship. It's unrelenting pressure to perform in the classroom and on the court And in the locker room. For the right person/player (see Nika) it is a journey to their best selves. Wow! We get to watch and cheer them onward. Fortunate are we! If a player doesn't choose UCONN at first, for whatever reasons, if they come later they may well become Huskies for life, eg. Evina, Dorka, Lou L-S. Welcome to the pack. Great!!!!
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Post by bulkey on Apr 26, 2024 12:03:40 GMT -5
Didn't know that OK, like South Carolina and UCLA (maybe others), guarantees all its WCBB players money. Easier to keep the bench happy.
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Post by huskyharper on Apr 26, 2024 12:08:25 GMT -5
Didn't know that OK, like South Carolina and UCLA (maybe others), guarantees all its WCBB players money. Easier to keep the bench happy. Ok, Yikes. Not sure I like this sort of thing. It has an odor to it... O brave new world, what have you wrought?
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Post by mdoggie on Apr 26, 2024 13:00:53 GMT -5
I thought NIL was gonna be for a select few. Didn’t think a collective/boosters would be in play at all. I thought that I’d see a “star” player get approached by a company asking them to do a commercial or be the face of a brand then they would get paid for Name image and likeness. I didn’t think players 1 through whatever would be getting paid. Ridiculous. Teams are buying players. I guess it is what it is.
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Post by bulkey on Apr 26, 2024 13:05:28 GMT -5
I thought NIL was gonna be for a select few. Didn’t think a collective/boosters would be in play at all. I thought that I’d see a “star” player get approached by a company asking them to do a commercial or be the face of a brand then they would get paid for Name image and likeness. I didn’t think players 1 through whatever would be getting paid. Ridiculous. Teams are buying players. I guess it is what it is. I've been talking about this for at least 2 years. South Carolina guarantees (at least initially; might be more now) $25k/player and UCLA $50k/player. Some schools (notably UConn) seems to hold on to its backbenchers without that, but I suspect a lot of fringe players are aspiring to be paid and are trying to join programs that do. The entire Dartmouth mens team (which must lose a great deal of money) is demanding unionization and wages.
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Post by bulkey on Apr 26, 2024 17:03:14 GMT -5
I deeply underestimated her market value. I'm really sorry that she's unavailable, but it was never to be....Glad for her that she'll have the opportunity to show her stuff.
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Post by bulkey on Apr 26, 2024 17:04:53 GMT -5
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Post by bulkey on Apr 27, 2024 8:12:57 GMT -5
I know some don't like to see NIL discussed on these pages, so I've started an "off topic" thread on it.
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Post by bulkey on Apr 27, 2024 12:40:19 GMT -5
Spending way too much time looking at social media, but only crickets on Raegan's intentions (my gut sense [ha-ha: here it comes!] is that the longer she takes, the better I like UConn's chances)....
But piecing together references on other cases (and this has nothing at all to do with Raegan's case specifically) is that some coaches don't want portaling players to announce their commitment to their program until the very end of the portal deadline, or even after that. That way, current players in their program won't portal based on the incoming competition.
It's a fine line, of course, and there are multiple dangers in that strategy. But it's all a game of musical chairs for both players and coaches....
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Post by doggydaddy on Apr 27, 2024 13:26:20 GMT -5
Spending way too much time looking at social media, but only crickets on Raegan's intentions (my gut sense [ha-ha: here it comes!] is that the longer she takes, the better I like UConn's chances).... But piecing together references on other cases ( and this has nothing at all to do with Raegan's case specifically) is that some coaches don't want portaling players to announce their commitment to their program until the very end of the portal deadline, or even after that. That way, current players in their program won't portal based on the incoming competition. It's a fine line, of course, and there are multiple dangers in that strategy. But it's all a game of musical chairs for both players and coaches.... I kinda agree on Beers. Seems like if it was Oklahoma she would have announced.
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Post by BJ42 on Apr 27, 2024 14:10:54 GMT -5
Spending way too much time looking at social media, but only crickets on Raegan's intentions (my gut sense [ha-ha: here it comes!] is that the longer she takes, the better I like UConn's chances).... But piecing together references on other cases ( and this has nothing at all to do with Raegan's case specifically) is that some coaches don't want portaling players to announce their commitment to their program until the very end of the portal deadline, or even after that. That way, current players in their program won't portal based on the incoming competition.It's a fine line, of course, and there are multiple dangers in that strategy. But it's all a game of musical chairs for both players and coaches.... Oh yes, the old "trick 'em into staying by locking the doors" game. Great way to get your players to trust you.
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