Can we please put to rest the argument that NIL is the major inhibiting factor for this program?

[Doc5120]

I'm curious how many more times we'll create a new thread saying the same thing.

 

[BomberOrange]

These are getting old, the exact same posts all year. There's no argument to even be made the coaches, roster and talent are the worst in decades, but I get that people want to vent.

Think about this. We ran a rotation with Carlos, Cuffe, Bell, Petar, and McLeod on the court at the same time. That is a midmajor lineup, actually probably a bad midmajor roster. And before I get hammered yes that's Reds fault.

We are just not a serious University for sports, maybe some day we will be better but not right now. There's us and then there's SMU below:

The athletic department raised $100 million in the five days after its move to the ACC was announced in September 2023. It received four donations above $10 million each during the 2023-24 fiscal year.

It was actually a miracle we played SMU as well as we did...

Not a miracle. They’re smu. Cmon. They may be better then us this year but they aren’t a lockdown top 5 seeded ncaa team. They’re on the bubble. Granted, we suck per our normal standards but smu isn’t unc.

 

[AlaskaSU]

Show me the money. Money is the determining factor especially in bball with its small roster and reliance on transfer hired guns.
Another coach might have won a couple more games. Not a big deal.
Now that college sports are no longer collegial why bother? Watch the NBA instead. At least they have a draft and a semblance of salary caps. Large market NBA teams are not guaranteed success but wealthy college teams are guaranteed success. Even the college schedules no longer make sense.

Our point guard play is something that everyone points a finger at. Do they not remember that we tried to recruit a number of point guards. They all took more lucrative offers elsewhere.