Other than Kadary, no one will know. But you would have to think it was a combo of things. The money, of course. To play for a Hall of Famer in NYC has to be in the mix. Who do you think will get a warmer reception..Kadary when they play at SH or Cooley when he goes back to Providence?
Here's how it's playing in NYC...and don't overlook this paragraph:
“He (Pitino) told me to do some research on the players he had that struggled shooting and take a look at jumps they made after being with him,” Richmond said. “They showed improvements in all areas. That really stood out to me as well.”
St. John’s lands Seton Hall’s Kadary Richmond in seismic transfer to complete backcourt overhaul
It took some time, roughly seven weeks after the transfer portal opened on March 18. But St. John’s has broken through.nypost.com
Ask the Lakers, Warriors, NFL teams, etc. Also, star recruits have been getting paid for decades.
$600K a year isn’t much of anything for the real difference makers.
The biggest question I have after reading the entirety of this thread up to this point is why did Day2 give the quoted post regarding Chaz Owens a dislike?
I don’t think it’s very far off but just a matter of what they spend. Fran made recruiting promises IF he was given the resources. He’s pulled through on those promises. The situation in basketball is so different. I don’t really know how to explain it
So it doesn’t sound equitable.
I’m not gonna pretend to know whos offering what, but I wouldn’t trust everything you read about who’s offering what. And to take it a step further there’s a big difference between what’s offered and doing enough to actually see that full amount.
A) I think you can try to explain it.
Pitino has sent a lot of guys to the league and is a HOF coach. Richmond wanted to stay in NYC. Don’t like Pitino at all but he out recruited us on this one without an under the table payment. I was under the impression that Red, Griff and Straughn are elite recruiters.. Really like the 2 freshman we added and generally the portal adds. However, not getting the Fran vibes and relentless at all cost type of attitude. Richmond is a nice player but flawed IMO (Not a great shooter, pounds the ball, gets winded, takes plays off). Very good player and can win a few games by himself but he should have been in the NBA by now and he did not lead SH to much success either.
I pay zero. I will never pay NIL. It’s a matter of principle. If the team never wins another championship or isn’t competitive at the levels that I like because I didn’t contribute, so be it. Maybe I’ll deal with that, maybe I’ll just have to find another passion—after 40 years…. I’m still going to discuss NIL, recruiting that involves it, and various other peripheral matters. I may gripe about the system and value and related concepts. I won’t complain about whether we are paying enough or whether we have enough to pay. But there’s a fine line between the two sides.
Yes sir. I was just testing you.
Griff said get your popcorn ready. Hope its not the 3rd string center
Probably shouldn't have kicked a billionaire who doesn't have a problem throwing money around to the curb.
It’s just crazy that crappy St. John’s has more NIL money than Syracuse. Never in a million years would I imagine that to be the case. I get they now have Rick and the Vitamin Water guy but that’s still mind boggling.
I don’t think that’s why we missed out. It was Pitino and NYC ties after basketball, kids hometown
whether they are good or very good at high school recruiting, that’s maybe 25% of the equation. The other 75% is rebuilding the roster through the portal every year and they’re underperforming in this area.
How is NIL being raised at other schools? I seriously doubt it’s a crowdfunding campaign that moves the needle. Vitamin water, scrap metal it’s all the same. Billionaires are generally going to be shady characters, but that’s where the lion’s share of the $ comes from. John and Kent need to decide if they want to be big time or small time.
The BE schools don’t have to worry about funding two major sports either. They can focus all their NIL resources on hoops.
Depends on where to? In New York, the taxes are pretty rough on 600k. In Ga, where we lost Leffew to, the taxes are much less.
