Maybe the best thing for IU is to not field a team this season. - start from complete scratch in 2027 at the DII level and work its way back to D1? I mean, we have been told this year will not be any better than last yr, been told it will be another team of mid major guys, no one wants to come here, coach is in over his head - what is the point?
Yes, only a few select people know the budget (Dolson, Carr, DeVries & couple more IU people) and they're certainly not going to tell the player agents, us and the rest of the world what it happens to be.@arioznahoosier4554 He doesn’t know the budget and you don’t either. This is what - the 5th or 6th post from you telling us how we are about to fail in the portal? We get your pov. Maybe we will fail - but I’m more optimistic.
And if someone told you to jump in a lake, you would? As my mom would've said to me.Maybe the best thing for IU is to not field a team this season. - start from complete scratch in 2027 at the DII level and work its way back to D1? I mean, we have been told this year will not be any better than last yr, been told it will be another team of mid major guys, no one wants to come here, coach is in over his head - what is the point?
I'm watching and rooting for the Hoosiers regardless. As I'm sure you are too.
I even did 'almost' to the end of the Woodson era. Lost interest his 4th year. At least this is a new version of 'there's always next year'.
The frustrating part is our NIL bag was plenty big enough to win big and get the snowball rolling downhill before prices escalated wildly. But Woodson and staff blew the opportunity.
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Markus Burton is visiting Houston from Thursday to Saturday and now, per Joe Tipton of On3 and then parroted by others, he will visit IU from Sunday to Tuesday.
The frustrating part is our NIL bag was plenty big enough to win big and get the snowball rolling downhill before prices escalated wildly. But Woodson and staff blew the opportunity.
Yes, I just wrote and then didn't post a comment about how Woodson got plenty of talent but did nothing with it other than continually lament about some "hump" that seemed to be insurmountable. But your point identifes the follow-on impact. We didn't just underachieve in those years, we dug ourselvs a big hole that we're now having to climb out of, instead of starting from higher ground.
@arioznahoosier4554 He doesn’t know the budget and you don’t either. This is what - the 5th or 6th post from you telling us how we are about to fail in the portal? We get your pov. Maybe we will fail - but I’m more optimistic.
I am going off what is posted by people like rabjohns so you need to tell he he is full of it not me. I did not just make the number up out of thin error. Go to his twitter feed and tell him he does not know what he is talking about.
Rabjohn's is indeed usually full of it. He has no info and hasn't for years. THere's absolutely nothing he posts that wasn't already out there via multiple other outlets.
He's just a mouthpiece for the admin pushing an agenda to 'keep his access' which he hoards for his personal ego but shares nothing of value. His sheep are in an uproar after he stood them up last night.
Yes he is but I figured he got it from someone who knew and just reposted it. He does not get any scoops himself he just pretends he did.
Think about it, though and his posting style. He hedges everything so that he can proclaim he was right in the end. He's also a mouth piece for the admin (until they shut him out and he then turns on a dime). If he's pushing budget figures its probably because he was told to. Agents are trying to gauge IU right now. Having ppl pushing a tighter upper limit is probably some attempt to curtail it.
Amazes me anyone still pays for peegs or whatever it is called now
Sounds like most of them are in open revolt now. He scheduled his lame insider chat last night and ghosted it without telling anybody including the other members of the staff over there.
Finally shows up posting today and just said he was tired from FF. Complete clown show.
@openwheel you missed the sarcasm! Of course I’ll cheer and hope for a better season- just all the doom on hear makes one wonder why even bother
@openwheel you missed the sarcasm! Of course I’ll cheer and hope for a better season- just all the doom on hear makes one wonder why even bother
The only place you will find pure rainbows and unicorns is hoosier sports nation they do not allow doom so if you do not want any doom that is the place. Btown banners has just as much doom as this board.
From a basketball standpoint there is zero reason for Burton to pick IU over Houston. And DeVries has not shown he can moneyball a team to success so $12-$14 million NIL won’t be enough to build a contending roster.
He could pick IU it comes down to the only two selling points DD has imo.
1. Can we outbid Houston? An outbid can work with kids looking for coin
2. Sometimes guys do want to come home and play in their home state.
To me those are the two selling points in IU's favor but I have no idea if it will be enough. Sampson can point to all of his recent success.
I saw Sampson commenting at the beginning of the tourney to the effect that Houston was the 'poorest' P5 school out there. so having adequate NIL is definitely an issue with him.
Per Alec Lasley of On3...IU had a Zoom call with George Mason big man Riley Allenspach.
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Allenspach had a BPM of 5.0 and averaged 13.7 and 6.1 for the Patriots and was 2nd team All-A10 this season. I would think he'd be a somewhat budget-friendly backup big man if IU ended up with him (and Zoom calls do not mean commitments so who knows). One thing we can say for certain, this means the IU staff is working with and meeting with players there have been ZERO public links with.
He's rated #97 on 247, and #11 pure center. His #s were pretty good. He looks like he'd be ok as a 15M/game 2nd big, if that's what they have in mind.
Yes, only a few select people know the budget (Dolson, Carr, DeVries & couple more IU people) and they're certainly not going to tell the player agents, us and the rest of the world what it happens to be.@arioznahoosier4554 He doesn’t know the budget and you don’t either. This is what - the 5th or 6th post from you telling us how we are about to fail in the portal? We get your pov. Maybe we will fail - but I’m more optimistic.
I think NIL spending and budgets should all be public knowledge. Especially at public schools. I may have missed it, but I don't know how they got away with keeping that information (relatively) private.
From a basketball standpoint there is zero reason for Burton to pick IU over Houston. And DeVries has not shown he can moneyball a team to success so $12-$14 million NIL won’t be enough to build a contending roster.
He could pick IU it comes down to the only two selling points DD has imo.
1. Can we outbid Houston? An outbid can work with kids looking for coin
2. Sometimes guys do want to come home and play in their home state.
To me those are the two selling points in IU's favor but I have no idea if it will be enough. Sampson can point to all of his recent success.
I saw Sampson commenting at the beginning of the tourney to the effect that Houston was the 'poorest' P5 school out there. so having adequate NIL is definitely an issue with him.
He certainly does not have Duke level but by no means is he the poorest in the power five if he had over 12 million. He was still able to sign 3 five star recruits last year also with 12 million. I would say Iowa State got pretty good bang for their buck.
teams and ranked 72nd nationally, about the same as Memphis, Virginia Tech and Seton Hall. To put that in context, UConn spent more than that ($11.4 million) on salaries for its coaching staff last season.
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No, I read it as sarcasm. I got it. Why I said I knew you were cheering for us too. My other stuff was a bit of a segue from your comment.@openwheel you missed the sarcasm! Of course I’ll cheer and hope for a better season- just all the doom on hear makes one wonder why even bother