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Re: BB transfer portal is open
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:50 pm
by WYO1016
Poke in New England wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:29 am
bladerunnr wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:45 pm
I would just like to say that I am also making myself eligible for the NBA draft.
At some point you just have to laugh.
Case in point:
Re: BB transfer portal is open
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:02 pm
by OrediggerPoke
WYO1016 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:50 pm
Case in point:
Let’s be fair to both Oden and DuSell. Both Fresno and DePaul just fired their head coaches and hired new coaches. There is a decent chance that Oden was informed that he wasn’t a fit for the new coach/system.
In my opinion - this is exactly what the transfer portal should have been. An opportunity for players to freely transfer when coaching staff changes occur.
Re: BB transfer portal is open
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:17 am
by WYO1016
Re: BB transfer portal is open
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:20 pm
by laxwyo
OrediggerPoke wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:28 am
laxwyo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:03 am
One could easily argue that a lot of the issues we’re having is because Ike left for NIL money. It’s not direct but indirect downstream consequences of losing the best player since Nance. How many wins was Ike worth? Now the team blows, people don’t come to the games and other dudes just leave.
I’m sure Linder’s position would be something like this. I’d say it would be difficult to make the facts fit this narrative considering Ike was one of the last players to hit the portal last year (I.e the team already bailed on Linder).
You’d have to assume that no one knew he was transferring before he announced. I’m sure his teammates knew and that’s why they all bounced.
Re: BB transfer portal is open
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 1:14 pm
by Poke in New England
WYO1016 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:17 am
Attendance is why we can't keep our guys right?
Avg attendance at Radford was 1,300 this season. That is less than 1/3 of Wyoming's attendance and would be worst in the Mountain West by a good margin.
Their gym seats 3000.
Re: BB transfer portal is open
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 1:29 pm
by OrediggerPoke
Poke in New England wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 1:14 pm
WYO1016 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:17 am
Attendance is why we can't keep our guys right?
Avg attendance at Radford was 1,300 this season. That is less than 1/3 of Wyoming's attendance and would be worst in the Mountain West by a good margin.
Their gym seats 3000.
Attendance and the tens and tens of NIL dollars that Radford doles out
Re: BB transfer portal is open
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:28 pm
by LawPoke
A fish rots from the head down.
Re: BB transfer portal is open
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:10 pm
by LanderPoke
Poke in New England wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 1:14 pm
WYO1016 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:17 am
Attendance is why we can't keep our guys right?
Avg attendance at Radford was 1,300 this season. That is less than 1/3 of Wyoming's attendance and would be worst in the Mountain West by a good margin.
Their gym seats 3000.
This makes no sense. Linder said a few weeks ago he liked Sirtautsas (sp) game a lot. I was looking forward to seeing him and I think the coaches were too. So this sucks and is perplexing
Re: BB transfer portal is open
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:18 pm
by OrediggerPoke
LanderPoke wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:10 pm
Poke in New England wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 1:14 pm
Attendance is why we can't keep our guys right?
Avg attendance at Radford was 1,300 this season. That is less than 1/3 of Wyoming's attendance and would be worst in the Mountain West by a good margin.
Their gym seats 3000.
This makes no sense. Linder said a few weeks ago he liked Sirtautsas (sp) game a lot. I was looking forward to seeing him and I think the coaches were too. So this sucks and is perplexing
To me - This makes a LOT of sense in context with the trend we’ve seen the last couple of years. A player with options to go elsewhere just might do it.
If you get paid the same at two different job locations, do you pick the one with the asshole boss or the one with the likable boss?
Re: BB transfer portal is open
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:03 pm
by Wyokie
LawPoke wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:28 pm
A fish rots from the head down.
Same goes with politicians!
Re: BB transfer portal is open
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 10:08 am
by LawPoke
Wyokie wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:03 pm
LawPoke wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:28 pm
A fish rots from the head down.
Same goes with politicians!
This is also correct.
Re: BB transfer portal is open
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:08 am
by bladerunnr
LanderPoke wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:10 pm
Poke in New England wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 1:14 pm
Attendance is why we can't keep our guys right?
Avg attendance at Radford was 1,300 this season. That is less than 1/3 of Wyoming's attendance and would be worst in the Mountain West by a good margin.
Their gym seats 3000.
This makes no sense. Linder said a few weeks ago he liked Sirtautsas (sp) game a lot. I was looking forward to seeing him and I think the coaches were too. So this sucks and is perplexing
There are just too many unknowns. First, look where this player ended up. It appears no one else thought very highly of his upside. I'd like to hear from the player himself why he left. Maybe he didn't like the town or the school or the weather. But he's basically throwing away his basketball career by going to Radford. Do we even know why he was ineligible? I'm assuming it must of been grades but it hasn't been disclosed.
Re: BB transfer portal is open
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:06 pm
by Wyokie
LawPoke wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 10:08 am
Wyokie wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:03 pm
Same goes with politicians!
This is also correct.
Sadly, it's worse here in Oklahoma. Lazy and corrupt. Very bad combo.
Re: BB transfer portal is open
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:51 pm
by McPeachy
bladerunnr wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:08 am
LanderPoke wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:10 pm
This makes no sense. Linder said a few weeks ago he liked Sirtautsas (sp) game a lot. I was looking forward to seeing him and I think the coaches were too. So this sucks and is perplexing
There are just too many unknowns. First, look where this player ended up. It appears no one else thought very highly of his upside. I'd like to hear from the player himself why he left. Maybe he didn't like the town or the school or the weather. But he's basically throwing away his basketball career by going to Radford. Do we even know why he was ineligible? I'm assuming it must of been grades but it hasn't been disclosed.
Maybe there is some
ass involved. AKA Levi Williams style.
Re: BB transfer portal is open
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:08 pm
by WYO1016
OrediggerPoke wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:02 pm
WYO1016 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:50 pm
Case in point:
Let’s be fair to both Oden and DuSell. Both Fresno and DePaul just fired their head coaches and hired new coaches. There is a decent chance that Oden was informed that he wasn’t a fit for the new coach/system.
In my opinion - this is exactly what the transfer portal should have been. An opportunity for players to freely transfer when coaching staff changes occur.
Looks like Oden was in step with the rest of his team
Re: BB transfer portal is open
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:55 pm
by WYO1016
And just like that, DePaul is starting fresh
Re: BB transfer portal is open
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:55 pm
by WYO1016
I am now officially concerned about Manyawu and Combs
Re: BB transfer portal is open
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 4:01 pm
by LawPoke
WYO1016 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:55 pm
I am now officially concerned about Manyawu and Combs
I think Drake knocked it out of the park hiring McCollum. If I was Williams, I'd run towards that staff and away from our burning dumpster too. Time will tell, but I thought we should have hired McCollum when we hired Napoleon. I also thought we should have considered Pat Kelsey, but what do I know. Alas, here we are...marching towards Waterloo.
Re: BB transfer portal is open
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 4:06 pm
by OrediggerPoke
WYO1016 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:55 pm
I am now officially concerned about Manyawu and Combs
I’m concerned with what assistant we could hire because I imagine our HC reputation isn’t sterling at the moment…an assistant coach leaving after 1 year to take an assistant job with Drake?? That seems to be a backwards move.
I wonder if we should blame this on NIL and attendance too?
Re: BB transfer portal is open
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:00 pm
by bladerunnr
McPeachy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:51 pm
bladerunnr wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:08 am
There are just too many unknowns. First, look where this player ended up. It appears no one else thought very highly of his upside. I'd like to hear from the player himself why he left. Maybe he didn't like the town or the school or the weather. But he's basically throwing away his basketball career by going to Radford. Do we even know why he was ineligible? I'm assuming it must of been grades but it hasn't been disclosed.
Maybe there is some
ass involved. AKA Levi Williams style.
God, I hope so. If he isn't getting NIL, then that's the next best thing.
