Well let’s be honest Williams and Gary are graduating none of them would beat them out if they weren’t.
We got outspent on all the additions Fred tried to bring in last year. NU BB NIL is not good. We need to spend if we want to be competitive. Fred could have done better but let's not pretend we had more than Williams and Gary.
Watching tournament makes me puke seeing how bad our recruiting has been
Regarding Williams and Gary, who said otherwise? And I didn’t say I wanted all four Iowa transfers, but as long as we’re “being honest,” who are the players currently on the 25-26 roster who would keep those four off the floor?
Sad but true. Sometimes you wonder, can we get any real talent in the program that can compete against everyone else? If Colorado State can get talent to compete why can’t we?
In CSU's case, it was more about developing guys who weren't highly recruited. Nique Clifford was a decent player at Colorado, but he was micromanaged by Tad Boyle and never would have blossomed the way he did under Medved.
But the thing with CSU….they always seem to be competitive. Even when Miles was there, they had teams that competed at a high level. Remember when Miles was there and they were winning with all those local Nebraska kids?
Tonje, too
The VB team has also been among the best in the nation for a long time. That might help their recruiting.
Exactly playing in Central City or Ord or anywhere wouldn’t matter if the VB wasn’t top 3 in the country.
Did he miss or did the lack of NIL money miss? I guess if Howard was Will Wade's first hire, that says something about his abilities.
He is close to the bottom. What difference does it make?
It MIGHT mean he has sold his soul to the Devil....
We are going in the exact wrong direction. But hey we get Fred for 2 more years thanks to his ridiculous extension.
This will create enough wood on this board to ease the national lumber shortage.
No inside info whatsoever, but the program's abysmal record of retaining high school recruits over the last 2 coaching regimes makes me assume he's more likely to leave than stay.
Good question. Maybe he is an old school student of the game and believes he needed a year to learn and develop. However, given the team's clear need for shooters this year, it makes one wonder if he elected to preserve eligibility for a possible transfer.
My theory is this. Fred, for whatever reason, wanted to remain loyal to Worster and Ulis which I think is noble. But he is getting paid big bucks to win. Our lack of perimeter shooting cost us this year year in some games. Though burning someone’s redshirt is rare it is not unheard of in college hoops. The fact he didn’t, shows me he won’t do whatever it takes to be a consistent winner.
There has to be a similar rule to football where a guy can play X games and still preserve his redshirt, right?
Not yet. Football is the only sport where you can play in 4 games and maintain the year of eligibility. There are plans to change it going forward, but I haven't seen it published yet.
Maybe maybe not. Will depend on attendance at the Vault which will come down to W’s or L’s.
How do you know our NIL is lacking? Maybe players are wanting more than money.
I get it, I am just pointing out that I can have connections to the state of Texas and the city of Houston, but if I am coaching at A&M Corpus Christie I am probably not getting the same recruits as Baylor or Tech, let alone Texas, Houston or A&M. Having contacts in the south helps get his foot in the door, but if you don't have the NIL or the W/L record that some of these high level recruits. I am sure Hoiberg thought he was going to be more successful and then the recruits would follow.
