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We are so out of it...

307bball said:
nevadasportsnet.com

Morning Download: Wyoming football's NIL reportedly well below Montana, Montana State

On weekday mornings, Nevada Sports Net will recap three big headlines of the day in its Morning Download. Read below for today's topics.
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That is the link I meant to post
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I’m not all that surprised by the NIL thing. Just use the majority to go get a good QB. The upside of NIL is that there are now a lot of really good players in the high school ranks that we have a shot at, even without any NIL deal, because the bigger schools are using so many roster spots on transfers themselves. Yeah, the ones who come in and perform will leave for a pay day somewhere else, but we can just apply the same approach the next year.

Honestly, I’m more disappointed to see CU got Lovo. I was hoping for Burman to retire and UW to make a run at Lovo - probably delusional thinking, but that was my hope.
 
TheRealUW said:
I’m not all that surprised by the NIL thing. Just use the majority to go get a good QB. The upside of NIL is that there are now a lot of really good players in the high school ranks that we have a shot at, even without any NIL deal, because the bigger schools are using so many roster spots on transfers themselves. Yeah, the ones who come in and perform will leave for a pay day somewhere else, but we can just apply the same approach the next year.

Honestly, I’m more disappointed to see CU got Lovo. I was hoping for Burman to retire and UW to make a run at Lovo - probably delusional thinking, but that was my hope.
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How is being able to sign high school players that will leave in a few years an upside? This is absolutely puzzling to me.

You likely spend 2 years paying, feeding and developing those high school players to get 1 mediocre year out of them. They then leave after having been developed to go actually play for another team. That is a terrible strategy IMO. You aren’t going to win a ton of games by starting a team of 18 year olds. You really think we ‘won’ by bringing in Tyrese Boss and Markie Grant out of high school? As soon as they became serviceable, they were out the door and with 3 years of eligibility remaining.

We should be consistently going after JUCO, D2 and FCS players who can come in and play right away (ie Evan Eller, Bart Edmiston, etc..).
 
OrediggerPoke said:
How is being able to sign high school players that will leave in a few years an upside? This is absolutely puzzling to me.

You likely spend 2 years paying, feeding and developing those high school players to get 1 mediocre year out of them. They then leave after having been developed to go actually play for another team. That is a terrible strategy IMO. You aren’t going to win a ton of games by starting a team of 18 year olds. You really think we ‘won’ by bringing in Tyrese Boss and Markie Grant out of high school? As soon as they became serviceable, they were out the door and with 3 years of eligibility remaining.

We should be consistently going after JUCO, D2 and FCS players who can come in and play right away (ie Evan Eller, Bart Edmiston, etc..).
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There is no doubt that NIL has been a net negative for UW football. I was simply pointing out one, and maybe the only one, upside that seems to have come out of the NIL era for a team like UW. Would I prefer that we signed a “lesser” high school player that stayed and developed for 4-5 years? Yes, I would. But those days are gone and our complaining isn’t going to ever change that.

Personally, my approach at UW would be the following:

1) Go get the best QB you can afford. If we are working with a budget of about $1.4 million, then I would aim to find a QB in the $1-1.1 million range.

2) Target proven D2/JUCO/FCS players to fill the O and D lines, linebacking corp, and safety/nickle spots.

3) Go after fringe Power 4 high school kids at the skill positions (RB/WR/CB).

Will it work every year? Of course not, but once you get a feel for your system and can really start identifying players that fit it, I think it would give us a chance at getting back to a Bohl like level of consistency.
 
TheRealUW said:
There is no doubt that NIL has been a net negative for UW football. I was simply pointing out one, and maybe the only one, upside that seems to have come out of the NIL era for a team like UW. Would I prefer that we signed a “lesser” high school player that stayed and developed for 4-5 years? Yes, I would. But those days are gone and our complaining isn’t going to ever change that.

Personally, my approach at UW would be the following:

1) Go get the best QB you can afford. If we are working with a budget of about $1.4 million, then I would aim to find a QB in the $1-1.1 million range.

2) Target proven D2/JUCO/FCS players to fill the O and D lines, linebacking corp, and safety/nickle spots.

3) Go after fringe Power 4 high school kids at the skill positions (RB/WR/CB).

Will it work every year? Of course not, but once you get a feel for your system and can really start identifying players that fit it, I think it would give us a chance at getting back to a Bohl like level of consistency.
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While I am against paying college players generally over and above cost and a reasonable stipend, if I were the GM, I would spread money out with strict formulas that are followed almost without exception. Give no room for a player to complain about their ‘NIL’ because you are following the guideline that all teammates are bound to. If they don’t like it or can get more elsewhere, fine. Build the deepest roster you can with the money you got and some players are going to step up and shine. That’s how you might be able to build a ‘team’ in this new era.

The spend it all on a QB idea will flame out most times IMO when the QB takes a few hits from the marginal line protection and is either injured or packs it in. In addition, by spending it all on a QB, you are announcing that player king and starter. What kind of message does that send? Do teammates actually form a bond with a guy like that driving a Mercedes to practice while they are pooling their money for dominos pizza?
 
Predicting the future of CFB seems pretty tough but I can't imagine the trajectory of how talent accumulates at different schools is going to change in a direction that favors Wyoming any time soon. As it stands right now, any football team that has a "payroll" more than 15% or so more than us will bet more talented across the board with very few exceptions....including FCS schools.

It's grim out there for the Brown and Gold.
 
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