You can disagree with NIL all you want, but that particular ship has already sailed. To ignore it or wish it away is nothing but sand planting one's head. CJC as a 501-C3 would be the opposite of what you described- private (non-profit) funds going to a public institution. Both could operate under ...

Not a bad idea...run it as a 501 C3 - make the CJC stand on their own 2 feet for everything, with the BOD and the Admin of said non-profit be appointed by the President, Governor, and Trustees - and held accountable to higher standards / expectations. I do like the idea of the CJC being independent...

STOP IT. That kind of forward thinking is against everything the UW AD has done (or not done) the last 15 years. ;) It's not really worth considering at all IMO. NCAA rules clearly prohibit schools from directly paying athletes for the use of their name, image and likeness. But more importantly, pa...

If you are talking about the events of just the past week then I suppose that is a coherent take. I disagree with it because in spite of the move towards the NIL era, none of these players are on a payroll and ostensibly are supposed to be developing. A coach that consistently does not develop play...

In 100% agreement. Maybe within weeks. Coaches do talk, and the community is relatively small. I can’t imagine many coaches that would say, well, even though the 3 were unproductive and disruptive to your program, “you should have kept them”. Additionally, firing for lack of production, happens all...

bladerunnr wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 12:39 pm Over the years, I can't remember any transfers that worked out.

Leonard Washington says, " Oh, really?"

Wrong on so many levels. The damage done is far worse for them. At this point, the "portal" is still an experiment, and so far, not a good one. This whole incident was either good for Linder's program, bad for Linder's program or of no consequence. Whatever happens to the three California...

nba players? who has said anything? The reality of the situation doesn't matter. The Cali three are just fine with being painted as having been treated unfairly. If they all turn out to flame out... Doesn't matter. Damage done. Wrong on so many levels. The damage done is far worse for them. At this...

The program and Linder are getting hammered in the basketball community. You have these players and their families, aau coaches in Texas and California, college coaches, and nba players, that are all talking about UW basketball in negative light. As one poster mentioned above it doesn’t matter if i...

The program and Linder are getting hammered in the basketball community. You have these players and their families, aau coaches in Texas and California, college coaches, and nba players, that are all talking about UW basketball in negative light. As one poster mentioned above it doesn’t matter if i...

I wonder why we never heard about death threats against, Swen, and stone, and, and and and. Hard for me to believe. A statement like that is pretty eyebrow raising and you would expect it to be backed with more facts or reported on by someone (which law enforcement agency, anonymous threats or thre...

Thumbnail stat, but thinking about portal players who have shown success in met expectations at their new programs, I'd say the success rate for transfers is around 25-30%. The game can be learned, but character is crucial for high achievement in anything, and that cannot be taught. Like it or not, ...

The link earlier in this thread leads me to believe they were cut from the program. This was an early tweet. While this seems unlikely to me (threats), I read this as they could have pushed through the rest of the season but chose not to. https://mobile.twitter.com/AthletWhisperer/status/1623462650...

⁸ We are still very early in the era of NIL and the transfer portal, and we're seeing example after example of buyers' remorse and unmet expectations. I think there's a pattern of diminishing return emerging. No one was throwing NIL offers at any one of those three, and no one will. They'll be fort...

Stats for the transfers Anderson: GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FG% FT% 3P% 21 25.0 7.9 4.3 2.9 0.3 0.2 2.0 54.0 46.6 31.3 Agbonkpolo 16 15.9 5.4 2.8 0.8 0.6 0.4 1.4 37.6 68.8 30.0 Kyman 18 12.7 4.5 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.8 36.7 100.0 26.8 IMO none played very good D. I liked Anderson on offense and wis...

The upshot of what I was saying is basically, "Who really gives a f-ck?". Some SoCal AAU "facilitator who's probably taking money left and right from agents is going to stop sending "his" players to schools because they, ostensibly, didn't like the experience is going to ru...

I hope he's not basing such a conclusion on one-sided accounts (from the players). If so, it wouldn't be too long before he ran out of D1 schools to send them to. That one sided account is exactly what this will be judged on.... unfortunately... That is the reality. It's not right or wrong.... It j...

I found this quote from one of the people who run AAU (summer) basketball in Southern California. The quote was him talking about the three former players. I am amazed by all the different stories being told. I do believe our lone commit has ties to this guy, so not sure what that means. I will say...

Now, it just may be me, but has anyone else observed a better mood from Bohl since Linder's season cratered?

Do we have enough players left to put five on the floor tonight?