Re: How many scholies do we


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Posted by SehornBlew on March 19, 2024 at 09:53:52

In Reply to: Re: How many scholies do we posted by barrya on March 19, 2024 at 09:43:05

"And a year playing for Mick Cronin would be seen by many as a really good foundation on which to build."

Why? Surely not because of the compelling offense we run.

"The open scholarship is simply illustrative of one of the dilemmas of today's college basketball rules and lack of rules. If it's a player the caliber of Bona or Tyger Campbell or Jaylen Clark, one who is already trained in exactly what Mick Cronin wants to do on the court, it would be a real shame were you to have given away the final scholarship only to find out they wanted to return to your team. Tyger would have made all the difference this season (Clark also but his injury took him out of the playing this year category)."

I think your timeline is wrong. Cronin had PLENTY of time to recruit guys. The notice date is, what, 6 months prior to these departures. HEll, all the Euros came AFTER this timeline. I get it, you love to make excuses for Cronin, but you dont get to make up the facts. MoW has said they had 2 kids willing to come and Cronin demurred.

"If Cronin decided those two wanted money that was a deal breaker for him, I certainly would go with him on that. I don't know if those two were asking significantly more than the valuation for their position(s) or if they just didn't fit into what Cronin believes he needs to do to build a complete roster. But everyone reaches different conclusions about these things, No idea what you or I would decide were we in charge of the whole operation and had all the details laid out on our balance sheet but that's just the nature of the game."

this only makes sense if its a binary choice between two guys. If you have an open scholarship, what is the downside to brining someone in? Having an open scholarship is utter mismanagement.


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