Sen Clay Hines: "You think I have time to ask a man why he giving me money? Or where he gets his money from? I'll take any m**********'s money if he givin' it away!"
Hines to UConn?
- Thread starter King of S
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No, it will just further encourage them to transfer out of conference to the football schools.
Hurley will simply say, "Hey, the kid was going to go to St. John's. We stepped in to avoid that."
Among the 6 million things that suck about the current unlimited Free Agency is the lack of a compensation system for teams.
Every other professional sports leagues have mechanisms in place to compensate teams that get raided by richer teams. They also award the top draft picks to the teams that finish at the bottom of the standings.
NCAA should have a tiered compensation system where teams that sign Free Agents have to pay cash to the player's last team. Figure out which ranking system to use or charge a % of what the player signs for (say 25%). So Najai Hines signs with UConn for $4 Million, UConn has to also pay Seton Hall $1 Million.
This awards teams who develop and lose their talent and redistributes a share of the money from the Haves to the Have Nots. Takes the sting out of losing players and adds another layer of strategy for teams to take into account.
Every other professional sports leagues have mechanisms in place to compensate teams that get raided by richer teams. They also award the top draft picks to the teams that finish at the bottom of the standings.
NCAA should have a tiered compensation system where teams that sign Free Agents have to pay cash to the player's last team. Figure out which ranking system to use or charge a % of what the player signs for (say 25%). So Najai Hines signs with UConn for $4 Million, UConn has to also pay Seton Hall $1 Million.
This awards teams who develop and lose their talent and redistributes a share of the money from the Haves to the Have Nots. Takes the sting out of losing players and adds another layer of strategy for teams to take into account.
This @Fishjam is more creative than Spielberg
“And this is how you respond, John. Kids may have nerve damage.”
You are right. There is no use in speculating, because we all this know happened. Of course it happened. Every staff has people whether in the GM role (and they have a former AC in that spot) or assistant coaches whose job is literally to tamper in various ways.
"And last I checked, Ralph works for me!!! So, I say again John, what the F***".
My apologies. To quote Dave Dameshek: “Like the late, great Jerry Orbach, when I’m wrong, I say I’m wrong.”
I'll just say this. I don't think Uconn has to tamper to get the top talent they want.
How? Arguably Clark and Hines didn't want to returrn: period. We resemble a small-market MLB organization at best------ the old Kansas A's or the current Pittsburgh Pirates.
I like where you’re going with this—like baseball’s free agent compensation rules depending on the tier the player is in.
There could be a ranking system based on a composite of the top analysts to classify each player within a specific tier.
Lots of great coaches and winning programs don’t need to “tamper” to get top talent. And yet they all do. If there is a player they want, they are competing with other great coaches and winning programs with $& for said player, and sometimes the relationships created can be the difference all things being equal.
Is it even tampering anymore or is it just proper due diligence on both sides?
GMs and Agents are in contact with each other the whole year and its their jobs to discuss and be prepared for the near-future. I don't know that Danny or Kimani have been talking directly to Najai since January but I'm positive Najai's agent was in contact with every serious team's GM. The fact that we didn't have anyone in this role for the last 3 years is why Sha is blindsided every April by his player's requests.
I have no idea what the technical rules are anymore, but nor do I care frankly. We know what this scummy world is and everyone lives in it.
My point though is a "spade is a spade". Period. No "angels dancing on the head of a pin stuff".
Me too as I don't see a GM doing anything to stop the bleeding cycle at all. Just a waste of money. If we had 15 mil NIL budget than sure make use of a GM but since we are paupers, it makes little financial sense.
Go read again. I blasted the timing of it. Hiring him now will make no difference in next years team. Having him today or next October will have no impact on the following seasons roster. For a broke school we somehow have the money to pay him for 6 months of no impact.
But I do love being mentioned in every thread you post. Thank you
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We still need a roster, and so theoretically the new GM helps in formulating one, whether with respect to the scouting piece or $$ negotiations and allocation.
Every year since NIL started it’s been the same. Seton Hall gives it up.
So being behind another years cycle by not hiring a GM is the answer? Bizarre take. As if the GM will have no duties for the next 6 months
Then why aren’t we going out and getting better in all sports? Maybe you’re telling me you know that we are sitting on a pile of cash and just don’t want to pay for better coaches in a lot sports that need major upgrades.
Wasn’t it just reported how well the school was doing financially? And endowment is steadily increasing?
We aren’t broke at all..we just don’t have good nil and seems like they don’t spend huge in athletics
Btw which sports do you want to upgrade and how much $
Maybe I used the wrong word and said broke instead of cheap. But they sure act broke.
Baseball hasn’t won a conference game yet. They haven’t been competitive in years. Softball is near the bottom. Women’s soccer and volleyball didn’t win a conference game. 9th place finish in women’s tennis. It’s embarrassing. It’s not like we have 30 sports. We have about 15 and we’re at or near the bottom in most.
Rich schools who lack nil find ways to overpay coaches, cover their taxes and get players money that way. Nobody is a saint and following every ncaa rule with getting nil deals approved. I got bridges and tunnels to sell you if you think that.
Adding this….Name 3 sports we’ve been consistently good at the last 5 years?
Lol what are you talking about? I’m the one who has said we barely are d1 athletics department
THEY DONT CARE lol we aren’t broke at all
Also most of the be is pretty below average in sports (even though we are so bad) so idk if that much investment makes sense