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That is about basketball. That mediocre as fuck transfer guard Horton was on his visit and they said they would have an update this morning on how it went. Considering the timing pretty obviously about him. Also Gerry didn't jump in to correct the people who immediately clarified it was about basketball which basically confirms it.

I could have sworn multiple sites had Jayden Jackson also announcing today but I can't find anything official saying such. Maybe it was just a rumor that got shot down over last few days.

Five actually. Simmons, Black, McKinley, Baker and Wingo. Just about everyone seems to consider us comfortably leading for Simmons and Black at the moment. Same can arguably be said for McKinley following his visit and the more we hear that travel distance + academics are going to be crucial to his decision the more you have to love our chances. Obviously there is a lot of hype about us and Wingo as well; personally I think all of that is irrelevant until he takes his OV to Tennessee (our real competition) later this month but even still we have a good shot. Finally we pretty much know Baker is a coin flip between ourselves and Ohio St. Crazy thing is unlike past years where we would do these 'dream scenario' type lists none of these really require a bunch of things to fall our way. We could land all five and it wouldn't even be an upset (not that I expect that to actually happen).

I meant whichever the top wideout is this cycle for them that I know cost a fucking fortune. I guess it was probably Smith? Yeah you are right tho Innis was last cycle. edit: actually after looking at their class it would have been in reference to Graham as my friend was talking about absolute insane cost in April (which is when that kid committed). They've had Smith on lock for much longer. Point is per friend in the circles at OSU Baker is really their top remaining target they are willing to dump a ton of resources on so going to be an interesting battle.

Same. McKinley is the second most important recruit in this cycle behind Simmons and we have the advantage of an academics focused mom squarely in our corner. If landing him causes LSU to double down and shift resources to Mack.. so be it. Take that trade seven days a week. Baker would be a lovely get, and securing the heir to Banks in this class would be ideal, but OSU has a lot of NIL ammo left this cycle and he is supposedly their top priority after securing Innis. We would love to have him obviously but would you rather lock down Wingo and perhaps two elite defenders for the same resoures? I certainly don't envy the bastards having to make these decisions. Things were a lot easier back when it was just about finding some kid's cousin a fucking job lmao.

Looks to be a Bartstool guy that mostly covers NBA and gambling? Brief scan of his twitter doesn't seem to suggest he is the kind of guy throwing out random shit just to see what sticks or to try and build fake clout. edit: wtf nevermind seems he does mostly true crime shit? So even less reason for him to just randomly he throwing that out there unless he actually heard something.

I believe Hill actually went up three spots in this final ranking for them. They've always had him much lower than the others.

Pretty sure this is the kid who is like their version of Troy O. Flashed major talent but then had consecutive knee ACL injuries.

Hey I will happily take my roasting if he comes here and does well. Just know that Tech people were constantly bitching about him and happy when he left, so already had some familiarity with the name, and then reached out to a friend who covers a PAC team after he was connected with the Texas gig and the shit I heard reminded me of peak Herman-era levels of idiocy and petty bullshit disguised as being 'tough'. So far Sark has done a quality job filling the various positions though so I guess, begrudgingly, he deserves the benefit of the doubt. You can chalk me up in the camp that would celebrate Adam Henry. Jackson as well to a lesser extent. Just think there is immense value in bringing people in already experienced in dealing with young men who suddenly have more money than sense. There is a certain level of ego and laziness that inherently come to many upon their first real pay day and guys who've spent years in the NFL are seasoned at beating that attitude out of people or they don't tend to stay in the NFL coaching circles very long.

Filani would be an awful hire. He has shown nothing whatsoever at Tech or WSU to support the idea he can actually develop or coach the position well. He isn't well liked on a personal level either. He was supposedly a part of why two of the top three wideouts at WSU, both two-year starters (Ollie and Stribling), hit the portal. People around Tech do not speak well of him on a personal level either and anyone you ask will talk about how much better the position played once Emmet Jones replaced him.

Sark fully intended to dump Coleman out on his ass but like ~7 people turned down the position. Eventually just reached a point where giving Coleman a one year shot without Herman's influence was a better option than scraping the bottom of the barrel for a replacement in that cycle. He said all kinds of dumb shit praising Coleman after the fact but it was/remains widely known he never wanted the guy. Nahlin was talking about that again just the other day that like six guys turned us down before Sark finally just accepted he had to stick with Coleman.

I believe he declared for the draft. Stellar pickup for KSU and that fucker is probably going to put up some serious numbers next year in their offense. Not sure what else they had at the spot behind Deuce but the FSU kid has looked great when given touches.

I wouldn't be entirely shocked to see Riley Dodge hired to fill that special assistant to the HC spot just as an FYI based on some things I've heard the past few days. Obviously that seems more a gig fit for a Patterson-type with past head coaching and coordinator experience but I've heard specifically from two different people in the football program that the job they are considering Riley Dodge for is likely NOT the Highschool relations gig.

I was going to reply something similar along the lines of "It is okay to just say we need more than one non-white coach on our offensive staff" but then I struggled in deciding whether Banks counts. If we had a draft I'm not sure where he ends up tbh.

Exactly. I have no idea if that is the direction we will go with this hire but it does alleviate some of the concerns. The rule change is a massive deal for smaller sports like swimming, or even the baseball team, where you had a rigid cap only allowing ~two paid assistants. This caused 'volunteer coaches' to become a thing and it was this whole toxic somewhat predatory system mess that is thankfully about to be killed off. While it isn't as big a deal with football specifically, since many programs have begun following the Bama trend of just stocking up on 'analysts', but it removes the need for any smoke and mirrors nonsense and you can just bluntly have on staff, as titled, "assistant WR coach" and things like that without limit. Obviously Hooks himself isn't a great example since he is already established and could likely land a decent full WR positional coaching gig if he wanted one but there are plenty of guys like him out there that specialize in training technique that continue to work with college kids all around the country. You have them at every position. Currently it is often very difficult to get these guys to join your staff because it is hard to convince the program leadership to invest in roles that pay them more than they make doing their personal training. It is also a weird ambiguous thing to add to a resume for many of these guys. By being able to formalize the positions and just bluntly be like "Your title is "Assistant WR coach" or whatever it helps sell the job and justify paying them what it takes to bring in developmental difference makers. edit: The key thing here is that they are going to be formally recognized on field positions which is what these kind of people look for and need for their resumes. It also should skirt around the issue of not being able to hire trainers who worked with any of your signees

Since no one else has mentioned this: I know I have harped on this before but the NCAA is voting (next week I believe) to basically formalize the removal on coaching caps. You are still limited in how many coaches can directly interact with recruits during games but there will be no caps on how many can be on the field or helping to coach the players during the week. It is essentially just making legal what Bama and some others have been doing for years already anyway. The reason I bring this up is because inevitably Samples is going to get floated for our opening and just as inevitably people will bring up concerns about his player development skills. While those concerns are valid it really just doesn't matter as much moving forward because the position coach simply needs to set a tone and recruit well; actual development and technique can be handled by elite specialized assistants that can now have free reign in practice and development. TLDR: Coaching limit change coming next week means you can hire a 'recruiter first' guy and not have to sacrifice development assuming you have the budget to afford quality assistants under them (spoiler: we do).

Lmao Jelani thanking both god and "all the pretty ladies that came out today" before announcing Texas. I still have no fucking idea how TCU couldn't find room for him on their roster. Or that we almost didn't consider him a take. It was baffling during the entire process and I was raging when there was talk we might pass on him. He has as high a ceiling (or maybe higher) as any defender in this class and yes including Hill / Derek Williams. Just crazy physical tools even if he probably won't see the field much for a couple years as he finds and learns a new position.

I am/was obviously aware that he is still a coach on the Nets. I immediately corrected it as such when someone responded. I originally had a much longer comment that mentioned his failure to get anyone interested in hiring him as a head coach or to even get interviews and how he ended up settling for a national team HC gig in fucking Sudan as the only place that would let him run anything but then trimmed it down and it instead ended up looking really stupid. I almost removed the whole bit anyway since mentioning it as a negative was kind of a cheap shot. Fair enough. I'll own that one. /shrug With regards to the rest I never blamed him. I said he was part of the problem. Part. Because he was. I have a family member that works within the Nets and a family friend that is a bench coach for a different NBA team they play regularly. I hear all kinds of insane shit about that organization. Ivey was not THE problem by any means but his bullshit and immaturity certainly didn't help during the Harden fiasco and all the drama before and after his trade. He is lucky as fuck to not have been thrown out on his ass along with Nash and likely would have been this November had Durant not shielded him. Simple as that. The Nets playing well now maybe removes some of the stink on him but anyone suggesting Ivery two years ago and Ivey now have even close to the same rep or perceived hype is delusional and ill informed (or just fucking lying). edit: I mean how in your mind would that even work? How would I be aware of something as obscure as him coaching a damn Sudanese team but not know he was still with the Nets? Even if you think I am completely full of shit and just like google searched the guy I would obviously have still seen he was on the Nets.. But hey I broke the golden rule and went full-retard with how I phrased it so fair enough.

Nah I worded that poorly. He still has his Nets gig. Meant that the only head coaching job he has been able to find, since interviewing with us, was in Sudan. No one else is clamoring to hire him. The shine on him fell way off after that disastrous run by Brooklyn (both their failure to make use of the roster and the hilariously poorly handled dysfunction) and he is viewed as part of the problem despite managing to save his own job thanks to his connections with Durant. I really don't want to shit on an alumni but I know people involved there and I don't think there is a single power 5 college that would hire Ivey based on the feedback from unbiased personnel around the Nets organization. Him getting our gig would be lunacy. Optics and narratives change. Two years ago we could have honestly sold the idea that we just hired an NBA assistant who was in line to potentially get NBA head coaching jobs. That would move the needle with parents and recruits. Now you have an assistant who only has a job due to his relationship with a malcontent NBA star and who has been a key figure in some of the worst coaching, just in general, in all of basketball over the last couple of seasons. I just don't see how you can spin that and it would be a soft reset for the program. You sure as fuck aren't going to clean up the portal or maintain your hold on our five star recruits by going with a guy unproven and without any shine on his name as is currently the case with Ivey.

Ivey was given consideration after things blew up with Shaka because there was a heavy push by Durant and some other ex players to at least give him a look. At the time he was considered a high potential NBA assistant coach with the Nets who helped run an offense that people would kill to play in. What happened since is their coaching staff fell apart, that entire org became a dumpster fire and Ivey is now coaching a team in the fucking Sudan because that is the best gig he could find.. Anyone suggesting Ivery you can immediately discount as either just poorly informed or a complete retard. A lot changes in just two years and Ivey is not and absolutely should not be given even the slightest of consideration.

So how many minutes before a crystal ball for JMS to either USC, Bama or Oregon? Thirty minutes? Less?

Honestly that is probably the case. I've fucked up and done JH a number of times as well.