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The Fisching Report Recruiting Thread Sponsored by The Fisch Bowl

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  • HFNY
    HFNY Member Posts: 5,502

    I saw Siale play in-person and I'm not sure he has the athleticism to stay at DE at the next level. I think you're right that he moves inside and is a 3 tech. Though it was tough to tell, he may be more like 6'3" too.

  • haie
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 24,400 Founders Club

    Nothing about how our new basketball coach can go out and get a top 50 high school PG in the country that was demanding NIL?

    Money wasn't an isn't an issue.

  • haie
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 24,400 Founders Club
    edited November 2024

    It's less than the cost of football but you still need a lot more money per player, and they have a lot more options than 1 year of college and so it seems like they're pretty hard to recruit, especially to a dead carcass basketball program that can only say "well we've cut the ribbon on a new training facility but that's it".

    Plus, people on Twitter saying this shit; it was known with GO that there was prior money put aside that was used. This is a brand new recruit, and one out of high school at that, that had a bunch of other offers from schools with a lot more success.

  • HFNY
    HFNY Member Posts: 5,502

    If you pay each starter in b-ball $1.5 million, that's $7.5 million.

    Contrast that with football where a top 10 roster probably costs $20 million and next year (after the House Settlement), it will cost $22 million from the school and at least $10 million from NIL / booster clubs.

    Football inherently has more injuries so that increases the costs as well.

  • WoolleyDoog
    WoolleyDoog Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,740 Founders Club

    and again, this is Twitter hearsay but apparently the booster I think doesn't have much connection to the school and just is in Seattle and likes basketball and views it as close as buying an NBA as you're going to get. Who gives a shit about college basketball and basketball in general anymore to me, but I also assume it's a lot easier to manage than an entire football team/program.

  • HFNY
    HFNY Member Posts: 5,502

    I wonder if it's Ballmer. He loves b-ball.