So absurd. So any portal person you recruit early you'll have to now keep recruiting them until it closes.
It's insanity.
It's insanity.
Breaking: Amari Williams will remain committed to UK
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I could be wrong but he opened his recruitment back up due to the coaching changes. His dad didn't say there weren't reclassing due to the coaching changes. They have always maintained they were staying in 25, as most do it doesn't mean anything.
Could have come true if not for Pope. Glad Pope didn't blow it off as a rumor.
I imagine he also told him that he has to build a roster, that as head coach he is there to win games, and that anyone could get hurt at any time.
I feel like it may have had more to do with them signing Garrison over Osabor since it was rumored they wanted to play together. I think Osabor would have been ours had Garrison not jumped in. Just my opinion. If it was fear of PT, then these guys need to start realizing there are more than 5 players on a roster and their has to be backups and other options at every position.
Blown out of proportion, should have never been made public.
Pretty entertaining to see how many dummies here don’t understand how good this dude is.
That agent is known to be a scumbag only out for money. Word is he has no ethics or loyalty, not even to some of his clients. He's 100% opportunistic, and I wouldn't be surprised to see all sorts of BS from this guy (not the player, the agent) throughout the year if for whatever reason Amari is not getting the right playing time, or he's killing it and this agent goes back to the NIL table and demands more halfway through the season.
This is what we're going to have to deal with, so I hope Pope has managed to get the right GM/NIL manager (isn't this Fox?) that can handle the absurdity that will be coming from these agents, players, handlers and families.
NOTE: This is not an indictment of the player, but rather their agents that will be creating all sorts of situations like this one moving forward. I'm excited about Amari and glad whatever it was that leaked out (probably by the agent) was resolved by Pope and team.
You are right too. They kinda just said both due to the changes. Here were the quotes:
"Just reaching out to let you know our recruitment has totally opened back. It's no longer eight schools," the elder Peterson told.
There was some speculation that Peterson could reclass to 2024. His father has confirmed that Peterson is planning to stay in the class of 2025. "After talking to Darryn earlier (the) final answer is that we are no longer considering a reclass. We will stay in 2025," he added.
Everyone claims they are staying in their class so they can qualify to play in the peach jam. He will be 24
I can't see what Williams was worried about anyway; he averaged 22 mpg last year at Drexel. If he only got 16 mpg at UK that's a huge step better and now he's getting paid. We'll never know but I'm betting Pope was straight and stern with him and it likely ended with Williams saying "I'm all in Coach!".
Which is why I said as most do it doesn't mean anything. Although there have been some that we all thought would reclass and didn't.
Love it! Lets go!
Haven't had this much fun following the team in years lol. Great to be back to enjoying my UK fandom, versus the frustration that we have all lived for the last 5 years.
Haven't had this much fun following the team in years lol. Great to be back to enjoying my UK fandom, versus the frustration that we have all lived for the last 5 years.
Yeah, I think that article about how thrilled he was about coming to UK was BEFORE he began to question things, after his buddy Osobor decided not to sign and Brandon Garrison came instead. But it was a legitimate thing that happened based on everything I've read and this post from Givony. Pope met with him and apparently talked him down, which is a good sign.
I don't remember the exact quote from yesterday's show but he said there was a guy who could possibly enter the portal before the deadline and if he did UK would probably get involved and if so there was a chance we could get him.....riveting stuff right there.
Dude, I think you should look up the definition of "agent". lol
Yeah it makes you wonder how bad this gets. Got a feeling that there’s to be more powerful and influential agents as this develops. If you follow baseball any, Scott Boras comes to mind in this. He has some the biggest names in baseball as clients and he is known to be the aggressive, greedy type. I fear it will just get worse.
probably, that what everything seems to boil down to
Once you enter the portal and then commit to a school, you should be done "shopping around".
Back in my day (yeah, get off my yard!), your word actually meant something. But I also have never had this much cash being thrown around on a decision I made. Heck, I've had buyer's remorse buying a vehicle before.
Back in my day (yeah, get off my yard!), your word actually meant something. But I also have never had this much cash being thrown around on a decision I made. Heck, I've had buyer's remorse buying a vehicle before.
A tradition unlike any other.
So I’m inferring it wasn’t Amari so much as the agent?
Yeah that’s probably obvious but…
Yeah that’s probably obvious but…
Like I said yesterday we needed to trust our coaching staff if that rumor was true. It wasn’t worth people yesterday freaking out about it because nothing happened. He’s still a Cat because Pope took care of business. Stuff like this happens in recruiting.
I fully trust Pope and his judgement. He is in no position at this time to have to deal with an issue like this so he had to do what he had to do to potentially stop the flood gates from opening. This is why character should be and is a big part of considering who you want on your team. I think it would have been disastrous for the young man if he walked. Why would any other coach trust that he wouldn't do the same thing to them?
You know Pope has to be absolutely exhausted
Yes I understand the job of an agent.
My point was beyond this sentence, however. There are agents that do what's best for their clients, then there are the ones that don't have a shred of decency in going about their jobs. That this agent decided to shop his player for whatever reason after already committing to a school, literally on the last day of the portal, is crap.
And regardless of your defense of an agent's purpose, I'm sure you see my point and agree (unless you're an agent or one of those ultra-capitalists that think capitalism is best when ethics-free).
Dude, I wasn't trying to explain to you about agents or defending agents; it was a joke about all agents being scumbags that only care about money. I didn't think I'd have to explain that to you.
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