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If he doesn't hurt the NIL budget, by all means. Right now we need a big wing, we need Christie back, we need a point guard and another big who can play defense- those are all going to cost substantial dollars.

Not among those that have high end ability. The coach is going to certainly play into recruiting in a big way in terms of scheme, personality and just being there- but that is going to become a tie breaker for high end players. They are going to be viewing themselves as employees. If they can...

That stat jumped out at me. Nobody stays on the floor that long in an important game if they don't play defense. I hope he is a shutdown defender.

We might be looking at Asuma, Mitchell and Rigsby as a PG committee.

Great news!

You are a real piece of work Pilgrim. :)

Or perhaps the weak schedule allowed Ihnen and Joseph to get away with some developing some bad habits that they later had to get benched for. The weak non conference schedule was a bad idea in every way possible. It's a loser's mentality to not want to face good competition.

Chance was always Small

Do I think Niko is a better coach yes. Would I trade "at this moment"? No. It would be a total disaster for next year. Starting with zero players on April 24th would not be smart.

Just from what I have heard…may not be right: Trying to drum up 400k for Christie Offered 250 k to Hawk Garcia 400 range I’d guess we had 1.5 million to 2 million and it wasn’t enough. I think they are scrambling now

We have the coach. That's reality. The AD needs to get after it with potential NIL boosters and do what we can to help this coach this spring. Whether he fails or succeeds be fully prepared to help this coach or the next one succeed with better than market NIL support. After 50 years of...

He has a fair point the reporters don't give it much coverage. Basketball always seems to be a tidbit in this town with reporters. That's why I love this site is people actually talk about it and we have diggers like Bleed and a number of others who find information on the internet. I just...

Lack of awareness/aggressiveness on NIL = administration Lack of readiness to coach at this level = Ben Inability to inspire the administration/boosters to do more on NIL = Ben Choosing Ben = administration NIL situation = society/NCAA

All I am saying is that Niko wasn't able to retain his players- nothing more.

Is it ideal? No. Could he do it? Maybe. Mitchell can handle it some and maybe they get another combo like Rigsby to help. Ideally they get a starting PG that can facilitate, hit the open jumper and drive to the bucket- certainly Asuma is the backup plan.