Osobor update
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I think Louisville is just being used to drive NIL from UK. Everyone knows we don't want to lose a player to any school, but Louisville is about as bad as it gets and will drive boosters to pony up to prevent it from happening.
This agent is also Williams' agent. I've heard that he is very aggressive on NIL demands and will play everyone against everyone to get his client the best overall deal. To be expected given that's his job.
He may not make those other visits.
That makes sense and in a list like that it’s generally only the first and last stops you need to be concerned about. Hopefully it’s just wrangling for more NIL as you say and surely we can outbid Washington.
Same deal as Bacot I’d assume. Great college player that no one in the NBA wants, so their only real choice is stay in college and try to get a huge NIL bag while they can.
In all seriousness I guess time, money, contracts are an uphill battle? Idk
Nope just people speculating what might happen but nothing for sure
I hope they’re willing to pay him, he’s worth it imo
Idk if you take him to the derby I would guess he would get quite a few UK fans recognizing him, You can't want other schools making an impression while a kid is on a visit to your school.
Maybe Katina is back in business.
Yes. Pope was scheduled to meet with JQ today but that didn’t happen.
Is the UL NIL train an “on going concern”, to use an old accounting term. I bet not.
I don't think Pope shares this perspective. He's all about RETURNING kids because they're known commodities. Why pay ANYONE that kind of money when you have no idea of what they can do at the college level? He's more about "team" and the name on the front of the jersey, and I LOVE IT!
Could this have anything to do with UK contacting TJ Power? Maybe, but my guess is probably not. I suspect UK would think they could add both, as Power still has a lot to show before expecting to start on a big-time Div. I team.
I’m glad Pope/UK didn’t get into a bidding war, here. I love JQ’s potential, but, no way in hell is he worth $1.5-2M at this point when he wouldn’t have been a huge factor in year 1 & will likely reopen his recruitment to the highest bidder for his SO year. For $1.5-2M, I would expect an all-conference type of player, or at the very least, a guy who is ready to be a significant contributor, immediately. Easy decision for Pope, IMO.
I’m ready to move away from recruiting the players with this type of handlers/parents. I think we’ve learned our lesson, let another program find out
You realize we have exactly zero returning players right? Every single one of them left. Like, we have an entire 3 dudes on the team lol.
Figured Bacot would have tried some way to come back even though he has been around 5 or 6 years.
Recruiting has been thrown into a high state of volatility.
The bidding game.
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Pope is in a pickle, trying to build an entire roster while being basically an unknown quantity in the game. It will take time to build connections and have no doubt he will have a good roster next year and a great one from then on
Good thing is if he has Fueger, Hart , and Brooks( if he comes) those are solid coaches to have help you recruit because most of them are PROVEN recruiters.
You weren't paying attention. I was talking about the types of kids Pope is after, not how many returned. He is doing the opposite of Cal, in trying to get guys he thinks will enough about the team to want to return a second year regardless of how that player does the first year. Continuity is the answer.
That’s rough, I thought he was committed, no flame or anything, like I legit thought he was committed.