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  4. Woolridge

    in Mean Green Basketball

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Coach Andy Mac said:

    I am not happy for Woolridge and I hope it doesn’t work out for him.  What he did was selfish especially to his teammates.  This Kuymbaya bullshit when people f you over is 4 the birds.

    I hope you have never left a job for something that was better for you. 

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  7. New transfer rules on the horizon?

    in Mean Green Football

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    1 hour ago, GrandGreen said:

    It would not be the death of competition, but it certainly would give more advantages to the top tier teams. 

    Fine was an example, I guess a confusing one when used as I did.  Forget Fine, this rule will further erode competition.

    As it gives an easier path, for athletes to transfer up.

    I don't get your gambling analogy.  Even if you believe that a player would have to enter the transfer portal to find out if other teams want him.  

    I read that most who enter the portal, end up not transferring.  This would not endear them to their current coaching staff, but if they are good players I doubt if they risk losing their scholarships. 

    It isn't an analogy, it is a fact. If a student athlete wants to transfer up, they are gambling that 1. a school in the P5 will offer them a scholarship and 2. that they will be able to start there. If you are a current starter, you will want to start somewhere else. Moving up to a P5, competition for those starting spots will be more intense. You have to bet on yourself that you can earn that spot over all the other guys that are competing for that spot. If you don't, you have made your situation worse and lost the bet.

    How many G5 players leave to go to P5 currently? I don't think the number is that high, especially compared to the number of P5 players going to G5. I just don't see this narrowing competition. It may actually help us in that more of those players will transfer to a G5 earlier in their career instead of waiting until they don't have to wait a year to play. They may be able to see where things are for them and make a move they see as more advantageous for their future before they sit for three years.

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  8. New transfer rules on the horizon?

    in Mean Green Football

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    10 hours ago, GrandGreen said:

    What might have happened has little bearing, it is what could happen. 

    My guess is that a team needing a good QB, would go after him.   I doubt Fine would leave, but this is a good illustration of how bad this rule change could be for teams like NT..

    You were the one that brought up that Mason leaving, so not sure why you are discounting that now. 

    Maybe a team goes after him, but my point is that he has to enter the portal BEFORE he would know if anyone would go after him. Players at NT and other G5s would be gambling that a P5 would offer them a scholarship and that they would be able to be the starter. If you have NFL aspirations, you have to play to prove that you can play in the NFL and giving up playing time to go to a P5 doesn't do that. It could happen with a handful of players, but I don't think that it would be very widespread. It is also on the coaches to make their best players continue to feel that this is the best place for them to be. Transfers happen today and we don't see many programs with mass transfers to P5 from G5. I just don't see this being the death of competition that it is being played as.

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  9. New transfer rules on the horizon?

    in Mean Green Football

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    5 hours ago, GrandGreen said:

    This rule would greatly benefit the better teams and will decimate lower tier teams.

    Fine would likely have been gone after one year at NT.

    The argument that it currently works at non-revenue sports is misleading.   Schools do lose players in these sports frequently to more successful programs.  Even though there is nothing close to the competition for players that occurs in football and basketball. 

    Just another change that will decrease competition at all levels. 

    Not sure this logic works. Teams will still have the scholarship limits every year for new players and total players. If you load up on transfers, you will have to pay the piper at some point within those limits.

    Maybe Fine leaves, but he would have to bet that he would be able to get the starting job somewhere else since they would not be able to contact him while he is under scholarship here. Players will have to make that bet that they can go somewhere else and land the job. Is that a bet they will make? I think it is more likely to benefit us since a player buried on the depth chart may decide to come here and try to win the job than a starter here decides to go and maybe doesn't see the field elsewhere.

  16. Seth hires 2 coaches for offense

    in Mean Green Football

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    49 minutes ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

    I understand. But I don't think you understand the situation at hand, the schedule we have set forth for ourselves and the lack of recruiting at need position groups. We very well may take a step back from a 4-8 season which is hard to fathom. I call this realism. You call this pessimism. 

    I understand the situation just fine, thank you. I do call it pessimism because you are choosing to look at the negative when in reality, you have no idea how this will work out because you know very little about the situation. Realism is to admit that you don't have the information to truly determine one way or another if these hires are good or not. Realism is to understand that a successful coaching hire has so many variables that are not within your current purview that it is impossible to fairly evaluate them at this point. You have chosen to say that all the hires are bad because they don't meet the criteria that you have arbitrarily set, and that is pessimism. You never make a fair evaluation of the situation, you always predict the worst. That is, by definition, pessimistic. You can call it realism, but you even admit that when things are going well, you don't have much to say. 

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  20. Bodie finds new home.

    in Mean Green Football

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    12 hours ago, agw0038 said:

    My theory is that Littrell realizes he's losing steam nationally a can not afford another losing season. Which ultimately means he's looking to get out of here at some point.

    So coaches that are happy where they are and are not looking for a change don't mind a few losing seasons?

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