You may be right, I disagree though. I think a combo like that would force other teams to adjust before we would. I haven't seen enough of either player to know how well them move.
Yeah, it's hard to tell if they have connections or just opinions.
Some people haven’t accepted that Gerry is the guy now and will do things a little differently. As well as that year 1 is mainly about building up credibility. Not throwing money on a flashy prospect that is a horrible culture fit. We want the right guys who are highly regarded, you don’t just walk to the front of the line in year one and get the best of the best. If we do, then that’s amazing. But I’ll rather get the number 2-5 options on programs doing it the right way and generally getting the right guys and build up credibility by getting solid results to then be better competitively to have the chance to do more hand picking in the future. Building to win championships as a ceiling or be a second weekend flame out ceiling are different. Also, games are not always won on paper and there is also something called development.
He got McCord, then Angeli (bigger splash than anything we’re seeing so far with BB), then Calvin Russell. All of those guys are a lot of NIL. And this is Year 1 for Gerry. He HAS to make a splash.
It might just be the top guys don’t have interest in coming here. We were told hiring Gmac that the money would be there so either the staff is looking at spending it more evenly throughout the roster on non top level targets or the top guys aren’t interested in us so they’re having to go after plan B, C and D. Still a lot of time and lord knows there’s a ton of players in the portal, just going to have to wait and hope for the best.
You and I typically agree but I think there has to be at least one very obvious star player signed. Full stop.
Just a heads up because you and a few others seem majorly impatient, but out of the top 100 transfers 11 have signed and we have one of them.
it's early but seems like it's possibly a combo of SU not attractive right now to top-tier guys and their agents and gmac going with a spread out roster-wide nil spending approach
Calvin was a high school recruit. You are also comparing football, which has more money, to basketball where you have to spend more strategically. He doesn't have to make a splash in the transfer portal to put together a solid roster that can win.
I’m not impatient at all. I’m just starting to see the annual coping that somehow our coaches are the ones being smart and finding the diamonds in the rough. We’ve thought too small around here for a very long time and the results have reflected that. I don’t think Gerry is thinking small. We need a star player. I’m looking forward to seeing one commit.
I responded to a post that used Fran as an example by using football examples.
Why not both?
I’d hope with two stars the roster would still be constructed well. In basketball a star player can make a big difference.
Agree.
You can’t shortcut the rebuild. I mean maybe you can, but that is something no one has been really able to do in one year. It’s highly unlikely. I’m talking about coming in and winning a natty right away in year one. So just remember that as we move along here.
100% agree
[it's early but] looks like gmac is doing the opposite?
Great take.
Maybe he's filling out the roster and then seeing what kind of change he has left to spend on impact players? I guess thats not a terrible idea.
