Vanderbilt offers Tyran Stokes

NociHTTP

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Meanwhile, Pope ....

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LineSkiCat14

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Rich alumni base with a very nice endowment, campus is in Nashville, football team that's actually decent... Honestly not surprised.

Your move Mitch/UK: What are you going to do to separate from the pack, and don't tell me free soft-serve.
 
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theBlues

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That stopped mattering when our own Greg Sankey let UNC skate.....
Nobody but Duke could get away with what UNCheat to away with. But I'm not talking about the NCAA; nobody cares about what those hypocrites say. I'm just saying Vandy used to have their own tough entrance standards that eliminated recruiting most basketball players.
 
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If Stokes goes to Vanderbilt......Mitch should be tossed out on his backside. Unceremoniously.

His NIL mgmt has KILLED us.
$22 million roster, NIL has killed us. You just have to laugh at how dumb these message board frauds are. Any ignorance for the agenda and to fit in with the group no matter how dumb it makes them look.
 

Rainmaker

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If Stokes goes to Vanderbilt......Mitch should be tossed out on his backside. Unceremoniously.

His NIL mgmt has KILLED us.
Money is money, this whole idea of our NIL isn’t as good is dumb and unfounded. Sure JMI could be better but we still have as much money as anyone else to offer. Not bashing you but people beating that into the ground as to why we aren’t getting recruits are totally wrong and don’t understand how it works.
 

bbnkat02

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Money is money, this whole idea of our NIL isn’t as good is dumb and unfounded. Sure JMI could be better but we still have as much money as anyone else to offer. Not bashing you but people beating that into the ground as to why we aren’t getting recruits are totally wrong and don’t understand how it works.

Care to explain then? Because it sure looks like it.
 

bbnkat02

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$22 million roster, NIL has killed us. You just have to laugh at how dumb these message board frauds are. Any ignorance for the agenda and to fit in with the group no matter how dumb it makes them look.
1. That number has not wholly been verified.
2. How's that working out for us?
3. Fit in with the group....lol I've been here longer than you first of all....second of all my agenda is to have a winning basketball program.
4. Do we have a winning basketball program at the moment?
 

MidseasonTweak

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We're down bad, but we aren't losing Stokes to Vandy. We still likely lose him, but to a real program.
 
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1. That number has not wholly been verified.
2. How's that working out for us?
3. Fit in with the group....lol I've been here longer than you first of all....second of all my agenda is to have a winning basketball program.
4. Do we have a winning basketball program at the moment?
1. Since when does this board need anything to be verified?

2. I’d say having lots of NIL money works out great, you think we got dog walked by Gonzaga because of our NIL?

3. Yeah, you’re desperate to fit in with the group. If your agenda was to have a winning basketball program you wouldn’t make up lies and spread misinformation. Your group all has the exact same dumb talking points.

4. Yeah we have a winning basketball program, we’re having a bad season so far but that doesn’t make us a losing program. Also NIL has nothing to do with the season we’re having and it certainly isn’t killing us as you falsely claimed.
 

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Money is money, this whole idea of our NIL isn’t as good is dumb and unfounded. Sure JMI could be better but we still have as much money as anyone else to offer. Not bashing you but people beating that into the ground as to why we aren’t getting recruits are totally wrong and don’t understand how it works.
Vandy is private and not required to report their NIL. Vandy and Texas are the most wealthy schools in the SEC. Vandy and Texas can buy whatever they want compared to any other school in the SEC. Do you think Vandy's football team payroll was not huge? If they really want Stokes, money will not be why they don't get him.
 

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1. Since when does this board need anything to be verified?

2. I’d say having lots of NIL money works out great, you think we got dog walked by Gonzaga because of our NIL?

3. Yeah, you’re desperate to fit in with the group. If your agenda was to have a winning basketball program you wouldn’t make up lies and spread misinformation. Your group all has the exact same dumb talking points.

4. Yeah we have a winning basketball program, we’re having a bad season so far but that doesn’t make us a losing program. Also NIL has nothing to do with the season we’re having and it certainly isn’t killing us as you falsely claimed.
This decade we're basically a losing program..
 
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TFCat11

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This is just a formality… Vandy came in with a bag $$$, and is going to poach Stokes away from 2 Blue Bloods!

Stokes was simply using UK as a bargaining chip, and Pope/ UK never intended to pay Stokes what his agent knew he was worth!
 

sefus12

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If Stokes goes to Vanderbilt......Mitch should be tossed out on his backside. Unceremoniously.

His NIL mgmt has KILLED us.
You do realize that Vandy has huge NIL potential due to having a lot of high-dollar alumni, right? A big UK problem is that we don’t have as many high-dollar alumni to donate to us as many other SEC schools. This is a money game now, and UK is a bit limited overall when it comes to NIL.
 

UKBB4Ever

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You do realize that Vandy has huge NIL potential due to having a lot of high-dollar alumni, right? A big UK problem is that we don’t have as many high-dollar alumni to donate to us as many other SEC schools. This is a money game now, and UK is a bit limited overall when it comes to NIL.
Just not true. There’s more money just from the horse industry alone than UK needs to out bid anyone.

A guy like Stokes is going to get the same money wherever he goes.

He is not going to play for a system coach anywhere.
 

SledDogs

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Vandy just flipped the #1 QB recruit from Georgia who was committed, anyone who doesn’t think they are a serious contender is being delusional .
 
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Vandy just flipped the #1 QB recruit from Georgia who was committed, anyone who doesn’t think they are a serious contender is being delusional .
It was an impressive flip. Jared Curtis is a local kid (Nashville Christian School) who wants to potentially start immediately on a recently successful team, so tough to compare the Stokes situation.
 

SledDogs

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It was an impressive flip. Jared Curtis is a local kid (Nashville Christian School) who wants to potentially start immediately on a recently successful team, so tough to compare the Stokes situation.
I get it, but they are/have become someone to take serious right now.
 
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Son_Of_Saul

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You do realize that Vandy has huge NIL potential due to having a lot of high-dollar alumni, right? A big UK problem is that we don’t have as many high-dollar alumni to donate to us as many other SEC schools. This is a money game now, and UK is a bit limited overall when it comes to NIL.
Bullshizz.

We just spent 22 million on a roster because we have a whole state that worships our program. You don't need billionaires in that scenario, just a bunch of millionaires who are willing to toss expendable money at a roster for the sheer love of it.

How could you even write that post with a straight face after what we spent on this roster? It's just a lame excuse. Good try though. We're not going to let it fly here anymore.
 

bbnkat02

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1. Since when does this board need anything to be verified?

2. I’d say having lots of NIL money works out great, you think we got dog walked by Gonzaga because of our NIL?

3. Yeah, you’re desperate to fit in with the group. If your agenda was to have a winning basketball program you wouldn’t make up lies and spread misinformation. Your group all has the exact same dumb talking points.

4. Yeah we have a winning basketball program, we’re having a bad season so far but that doesn’t make us a losing program. Also NIL has nothing to do with the season we’re having and it certainly isn’t killing us as you falsely claimed.

1. It doesn't.

2. No. However recruiting hasn't been stellar either.

3. Lol. Bite me. Where were you tonight in the game thread? Nah, you guys show up like little snipping Yorkies; win or lose I'm still here.

4. Hence I said at the moment. We haven't won a bit of hardware in nearly 6 years. Unacceptable.
 
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