No one is claiming dark deception. I’m using my eyes to see that he isn’t close to home in Dallas. There are many reasons to transfer and the getting closer to home reason was trumped by one or more other factors.

There are D2 schools in CA. Close to home was not the driving force in the decision.

X transferred to a school 1,700 miles from his hometown. Can we put to rest the narrative that he wanted to be close to home?

Freedom for athletes but may eventually severely damage or kill athletics for small/less money schools. But the big/money schools and overseeing organizations won't care they want to rule everything and get all the money. Greed has limits. At some point it causes you to turn on everyone. True but a...

As this was likely addressed to me in the routine passive aggressive fashion, I will opine. My assessment of Mantis’ abilities are my own and shared with the guy that sits next to me at games. Haven’t spoken to any coaches about Mantis. My comments on Marsh were based on a conversation with Kerns i...

I’m glad we can be candid about these players now that they’ve transferred.

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Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:04 am

Thread will implode in 3.2.1…….

Maybe, but I’ll take every chance to stand up for the protection of women sports. I’ve coached so many of them throughout the years and the confidence and life skills it provides them is unmatched in their early years.

Who wants to educate me about women's collegiate golf??? I saw our tournament score and it was 316. 316 divided by 4 is a 79. I would think we should be able to land 4 women golfers that could break 79. Are they playing from the red tees??? I would think with title 9 all of our ladies are on schola...

It's clear that NIL has not been the sole motivating factor for these departures. In terms of leaving for greener pastures, so far, only Spillers going to Wake fits that category. I assume Abson will make the jump to a higher level. It is a bit perplexing. I do understand that folks have their reas...

Huntley needs a bigger bodied big to allow him to play the stretch 4.

Not exactly close to home.

At every turn we continue to push the cost of "higher" education higher. Jimmy - Why is tuition so expensive? Jimmy's Dad - Well Jimmy you see dorms rooms used to be cinder block rooms you shared with another person that had two common bathrooms/showers per floor, now it's an arms race for suite sty...

People that care about research designations and US News rankings are part of the higher education ecosystem.

Some good weekend listens:

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/higher ... -be-fixed/

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/what-e ... llege-for/

Just under 50% of our two deep in 2024 will be transfers. That will be the new norm under the current structure, I predict that percentage to get higher actually. https://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/depth-chart/appalacian-state/92913 For QBs I'd put 4-5 offers out there on guys that w...

Basketball is likely just 1-2 years ahead of football, going to get weird next offseason if not regulated in some shape or form.

I think both sides of this are right for their own reasons.

In general the NIL is a net negative for mid-major/G5 programs.

We locked the doors of our apartment three times a year in Boone during my time, Thanksgiving, Christmas, spring break.

The lack of common decency today is troubling and are making me sound like my grandfather.

Am I the only one that isn't going to pull for players when they leave App? I'm not rooting against them, but I don't feel any lingering ties to a player that transfer.

I'll caveat that with the exception of grad transfers.

The lower level athletes will struggle or become extinct before the power conferences feel any level of “hurt”. Unintentional consequences