Coach Search Options after Autry

[kcsu]

Nobody knows period. Good guesses at best. What I do believe is that we have a very capable AD. One who is very much involved.

 

[We Are Syracuse]

Elite talent identifier. I’ll be interested to see if he can find another Bennet Stirtz type. If he can, likely won’t be at Iowa very long.

An even better basketball coach also. Would be an incredible hire and I would be back on the wagon after being MIA for a long while. The program has been in such a frustrating state the past 5-7 years

 

[grepal]

I think there is a possibility he stays with BH, but I think I want him to move on because I feel with AAU and High School, and then 2 years of Red he has picked up too many bad habits.

I think he goes to the $$$$$$$. He probably knows to make bank as right now he is d leaguer.

 

[AZOrange]

Let me just say again….

What happened to college athletics? Absolutely insane how it got to this.

It’s pretty wild. Went from putting a little change in athletes pockets to million $ contracts…

The point I don’t get and continue to struggle with is why anyone would contribute to any outsized level. There is no ROI. So you have built an entire model on finding 1-2 people that can light money on fire.

Even in pro sports there are caps and the asset value growth more than covers any $$$ burn year to year. This model has none of that. Why would someone like Melo spend a dime past when Kiyan departs? Makes no sense

 

[NineOneSeven]

It’s pretty wild. Went from putting a little change in athletes pockets to million $ contracts…

The point I don’t get and continue to struggle with is why anyone would contribute to any outsized level. There is no ROI. So you have built an entire model on finding 1-2 people that can light money on fire.

Even in pro sports there are caps and the asset value growth more than covers any $$$ burn year to year. This model has none of that. Why would someone like Melo spend a dime past when Kiyan departs? Makes no sense

Exactly. It’s illogical. One team wins every year.

Players couldn’t receive $200 cash (legally) but now are getting paid $2m for marginal production just to transfer after the year anyway?

It’s absolute lunacy.

It’s extremely broken. My hope is the system self corrects a bit but there 1000% needs to be rules here.

 

[Blanko97]

Unless you have a few big businesses supporting your NIL, it's largely not sustainable for most schools. Think we're headed for a reckoning for that piece beyond the rev share.

Bingooo

 

[Blanko97]

What do you guys think Donnie Freeman is going to do? My gut tells me he’s portaling but I feel like Hodg could convince him to stay. He’d thrive in his system.

Ride the bench for a year at bama

 

[Iowa044]

Unsure. And for the record , I would disagree with his take. Just saw it and figured I’d post here. My guess is hes pretty well connected but it’s likely he’s hearing from the BH side.

Trilly is this mystery man who is well connected but doesn’t mean he’s right.

 

[Lame-0]

How could we ever be caught flat footed ha. I will die on the hill that there are a dozen of these programs that have been paying players for 50 years and doing it well. Bending the rules would be an understatement.

It drives me crazy when people post here after they googled NIL spending and then comment that SMU or Miami or Alabama said they spent XX million on NIL this year. These teams have lied through their teeth for decades about what they spend on players, I'm sure this is the year they told the truth.

We have a lot of catching up to do but the best way to do that is to bring in new blood and obvi all be rowing in the same direction.

I've been saying for several years that the reason the SEC is not dominating football anymore is that now everybody is able to pay their players and that took away the SEC's advantage.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

It’s pretty wild. Went from putting a little change in athletes pockets to million $ contracts…

The point I don’t get and continue to struggle with is why anyone would contribute to any outsized level. There is no ROI. So you have built an entire model on finding 1-2 people that can light money on fire.

Even in pro sports there are caps and the asset value growth more than covers any $$$ burn year to year. This model has none of that. Why would someone like Melo spend a dime past when Kiyan departs? Makes no sense

Just to be that guy, you could give a million to Syracuse hoops NIL, or you could cover the full freight of 4 years of undergrad tuition for 4 students to graduate.

Whatever should one do?

 

[bigmike]

Just to be that guy, you could give a million to Syracuse hoops NIL, or you could cover the full freight of 4 years of undergrad tuition for 4 students to graduate.

Whatever should one do?

The latter.

 

[granthath9]

Ride the bench for a year at bama

Of all places? He would fit into a Tom Izzo or Dusty May scheme I think. A lot of big 10 schools play that sort of two big line up. He’d be quite the 4 man in a good offensive scheme.

 

[ROCcuse]

Exactly. It’s illogical. One team wins every year.

Players couldn’t receive $200 cash (legally) but now are getting paid $2m for marginal production just to transfer after the year anyway?

It’s absolute lunacy.

It’s extremely broken. My hope is the system self corrects a bit but there 1000% needs to be rules here.

Agree.

This is not 'Nam. This is college basketball. There are rules.

 

[PoppyHart]

Is there really much of a difference at this point between a school or NIL collective asking for money, and the Yankees reaching out to it’s fanbase and seeking help with Judge’s or Bellinger’s contract, for exsmple?

These athletic departments need to be bifurcated from the academic side and treated as for-profit, tax paying entities which are subject to financial fair play penalties like they have in European soccer. Randomly audit the crap out of the schools (for NCAA & fair play compliance) and athletes (for tax adherence) and have some courage when it comes time for enforcement.

The facade of the student-athlete and the university having a “higher mission” to educate has crumbled.

 

[DPCuse]

Was discussed in another thread. They support the academic side, not athletics.

If Micron supports the academic side, that can free up those academic funds for athletics.

 

[phsyra]

Whats our deal with NIL? What players will we have next year to go with our new coach? Is Kiyan staying? so many questions

 

[OrangeFoo]

It’s pretty wild. Went from putting a little change in athletes pockets to million $ contracts…

The point I don’t get and continue to struggle with is why anyone would contribute to any outsized level. There is no ROI. So you have built an entire model on finding 1-2 people that can light money on fire.

Even in pro sports there are caps and the asset value growth more than covers any $$$ burn year to year. This model has none of that. Why would someone like Melo spend a dime past when Kiyan departs? Makes no sense

Counterpoint… even with all the money these dudes are making, the schools are making immense profits off of them. You could argue they are underpaid, especially on the football side.

The universities will absolutely need to start rev sharing. The only way this doesn’t continue to turn into MLB or la liga is with some sort of salary cap.