Are we going to compete? Men's hoops question...

[McPeachy]

Did Wicks and staff bring in a MWC championship caliber recruiting class this season?

If not, why bother, right? Just a thought / question.

 

[seattlecowboy]

I doubt it. Wyoming isn’t a place where they have ever brought in one class and been able to compete.
It has always been you bring in talent that develops over 2 or 3 years and add a couple of missing pieces with junco’s or a transfer to get you over the hump.

Having to bring in basically a whole new class every year because every good player you have, decides to leave at the end of the year to a bigger school doesn’t help a school like Wyoming at all.

Wyoming’s best teams have been when they have upper class men that have been together for a couple of years.

That will never happen again unless the NCAA gets some rules in place. Or unless Wyoming wants to start paying big money for players.

I don’t think it’s fair for fans to complain about the teams anymore at this point if they are bad because based on the rules with money now, small schools like Wyoming will never be good again unless they start paying big money for players which will never happen.

If you want to spend your money on a ticket to go to the game that’s each persons choice but they need to understand there is a great chance most games Wyoming will be on the losing end because they don’t have the money to compete.

It doesn’t matter who the coach is. This won’t be Sunny’s fault if they lose a lot. It’s the way the system is ran now. Unless all of the fans want to start combining money to pay millions to get the best players then Wyoming will suck. Or unless some huge donor decides to pay for the best basketball players then Wyoming is S.O.L.

I don’t even care anymore. I gave up on worrying about them being good in football or basketball about a year or two ago as I saw the way players get paid now and realized Wyoming was screwed along with other small schools.

 

[TheRealUW]

I doubt it. Wyoming isn’t a place where they have ever brought in one class and been able to compete.
It has always been you bring in talent that develops over 2 or 3 years and add a couple of missing pieces with junco’s or a transfer to get you over the hump.

Having to bring in basically a whole new class every year because every good player you have, decides to leave at the end of the year to a bigger school doesn’t help a school like Wyoming at all.

Wyoming’s best teams have been when they have upper class men that have been together for a couple of years.

That will never happen again unless the NCAA gets some rules in place. Or unless Wyoming wants to start paying big money for players.

I don’t think it’s fair for fans to complain about the teams anymore at this point if they are bad because based on the rules with money now, small schools like Wyoming will never be good again unless they start paying big money for players which will never happen.

If you want to spend your money on a ticket to go to the game that’s each persons choice but they need to understand there is a great chance most games Wyoming will be on the losing end because they don’t have the money to compete.

It doesn’t matter who the coach is. This won’t be Sunny’s fault if they lose a lot. It’s the way the system is ran now. Unless all of the fans want to start combining money to pay millions to get the best players then Wyoming will suck. Or unless some huge donor decides to pay for the best basketball players then Wyoming is S.O.L.

I don’t even care anymore. I gave up on worrying about them being good in football or basketball about a year or two ago as I saw the way players get paid now and realized Wyoming was screwed along with other small schools.

This is pretty spot on.

It sucks for coaches like Sunny…coaches that are about building a culture and mentality. That isn’t something you can accomplish in one year.

Sunny was the right coach at the wrong time. I think he would have done special things at Wyoming in the non-NIL era.

 

[LanderPoke]

8th place

 

[OrediggerPoke]

I think there is upside for 5th place in the MWC with this team. So hard to make predictions based on a brand new roster.