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[QUOTE="mdf5290, post: 5721595, member: 10516"]
What gets lost in this talk about how big NIL pursue should be is how well a coach motivates his players...How many McDonald's All Americans were on this team this past year? 4-5? As a fan, I'm at a point where I'd rather have "lesser" talent, but who are absolute dogs, and a coach that can motivate them. From what I've seen from Jerrod Calhoun and the St. Louis coach is that their players would die for them. They put them in a position to win, run tremendous offensive sets & are motivated to make stops...Watch the set Calhoun ran with 90 seconds left to seal the game...His best shooter Falsev breaks from the baseline, gets a pick on a curl and hits a 15 foot jumper to seal the game...

What offensive scheme have we actually run as a team? I'd take players that are motivated & maybe are of "Mtn. West, A-10" 3 stars who play well together, and are united under a great coach/motivator...I have nothing against Gerry, but he's still getting his feet wet...Giving him 15 Million dollars versus a guy like Calhoun or Schretz who are winning a lot of games with less should be the move. Instead, we get a circle-j##k nostalgia, "but he's our guy" thing that sets Gerry up for failure if he goes 22-13 every year.

Money helps, but it doesn't equate to actual effort from the athletes & subsequent performance.
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