MeanGreenZen

He chose Nicholls State. lol. I’m going to keep trusting in Ross until I have a reason not to.

Remember Sonny Dykes? I bet you do. He said about transfers, “If they weren’t playing where they were, they probably won’t play for you.” I believe there are exceptions to that. But overall, the best transfers to UNT have been proven guys that we got from lower levels. Not the guys who were highly-rated out of high school, signed with a P4 and then never saw the field there. From the P4, I would be on the lookout for a guy like Marcus Trice. He demonstrated that he could be productive at a high level, but fell down the depth chart on a very talented roster. Grab those guys and give them an opportunity.

This guy was on our coaching staff the last few years and is now TE coach at Abilene Christian. This X post is a little strange but the message seems to be come to ACU and he will help them make big NIL somewhere else. If that is his message at ACU, it was probably his message here.

Interesting results from an anonymous survey of DFW high school football head coaches in The Athletic. One of the questions was to name the best college assistant coaches at recruiting. Patrick Cobbs was our only coach mentioned. And he was mentioned multiple times. Here is another quote from a DFW high school head coach that I found interesting and true unfortunately: “The Group of 5s are now junior colleges. If your kid is all-conference, he ain’t coming back. He’s gone, and you know he’s gone. They have to change their thinking for how they build their programs. They have to tell kids, “Come here, play a couple years and you’ll be gone.” They have to just be good with that. They’re not going to stay around.” Link to article: https://theathletic.com/5422366/2024/04/18/dallas-texas-high-school-recruiting-confidential/?source=user_shared_article

How did they do last season?

We got Tylor Perry from a junior college. That is a lower level. Did his college basketball career even continue when he left here?

Heard a quote from Sonny Dykes about transfers and I thought it was genius (it is about football but I think it applies to basketball too). He said that if they weren’t playing where ever they came from, they probably won’t play for you either. Obviously there are some exceptions to that. But on the macro scale, I have found it to be true. Your transfer classes should be loaded with guys who were productive at lower levels (Tylor Perry, Jason Edwards) or guys who were productive at higher levels (Robert Allen, CJ Noland) but who fell out of favor at their previous school for decent reasons.

Aaron averaged 4 points and 4 rebounds a game as a freshman. Rubin averaged 6 points and 1 assist. Fine contributions, but not significant. And at the time it made sense to invest in young players like this. It doesn’t anymore. Unless they are immediate roster upgrades, make those young players prove it in D2 or low majors and THEN pick them up in the portal.

No, I hate the system all the way around.

I don’t think any of us care about being respectful to Longwood. Many of us just cheer for players who go to North Texas and when players leave North Texas, we no longer cheer for them.

Who is the last true freshman to make a significant impact on this program?

I don’t think it matters at this point. This is a full rebuild and none of the remaining parts are key pieces of a championship team.

Unfortunately, people will have to make their own mistakes.

This defection is just another effect of the NIL era. Hodge is likely to go very heavy on established low-major transfers who have been productive. Or formerly productive high-major transfers who fell out of favor at their previous program. Why would Layne Taylor come to UNT to sit on the bench? Is it to develop and earn a spot 2-3 years down the road? No, because 2-3 years down the road Hodge is still going to be filling up his roster with those same transfers who have already been productive at some level of college basketball. The move for Layne Taylor is to go somewhere he can PLAY now and be productive. Worst-case he could land at a school like North Texas later as a transfer. Best-case he can springboard straight to a high major and make big $$$.

I’m thinking that these two guys knew they were likely to sit the bench as freshmen at UNT/FAU and wanted a chance to start immediately at UCA as a potential springboard to some real NIL $$$ as sophomore transfers. Not a bad strategy, if that is what you want.