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I believe you are correct, but he didn’t need to and his body and game could use the year to improve. Bad decision imo.

I believe Manhertz was originally a 26 and then reclassified to 27 before deciding to go back to his original 26.

Not if a kid is willing to sign for scholly-only.

I mean, maybe we ran out of money, but I don’t think that’s actually it. I think they want the freshman to be rotational players then fill 11-13 with practice bodies. Well, Rabjohns indicated #11 could be a backup with size then 2 practice players. Problem is, if you want freshman to be rotation players at the highest level you need to hit homeruns. Zero indication in the Manhertz scout says he’ll be ready. Then he’s reclassifying on top of it. Which is why they don’t want to recruit over him. Compounding an error with another error.

But I think that if you go with 15 instead of 13, the pot of revenue share portion has to split more ways.

These days teams get 15 players; walk ons inclusive. They don’t have to give all 15 scholarships or money, but are allowed to and might as well.

My current vibe is that making the tournament with this group would be an achievement in itself. Maybe we make it comfortably, maybe we miss it. Regardless of who we round out the roster with, we will need our top 8 to stay very healthy. Suppose that applies to all teams but especially ours considering Burton is fairly injury prone. Need Sherrell to play like a $4M+ player. Harris is a huge question mark, hopefully we don't overextend his role. PAM and Sisley need to be at least solid. I like Yig and Mustaf fine enough and think we pretty much know what we can count on them for. Lindsay could be a lite version of Wilkerson. I don't think we'd love him in the PG role too much so hopefully Burton stays healthy. If I were filling out the roster I'd look for a PG, guy who can play 4 or 5, and a true C. And I'd look to Europe to fill those spots. Maybe the staff will sift through the portal and find some gold nuggets though. We can hope anyway.

Sean Miller just said, educated guess, 7-8 SEC schools topping 20 million. And 20-25 schools overall.

hope not, but if this is the case, we are screwed next year again.

Simply put, if he is brought in to be a back up big instead of a developmental 12/13 scholly, there could not be a worse choice. Why would anyone expect a guy who literally could not get on the court with a middling low major team would all of a sudden be a guy who could be counted on to be a rotational big man on a high major.

Fair. Timing doesn’t indicate a preferred walkon and bigs very rarely take walk-on spots either. All signs point to a back up big option. I know people hate it, but Rabjohns (who is very friendly with Carr) said 2 of the last 3 we’re going to be practice guys. This fits that. And it’s a terrible idea now just as it was a terrible idea then. Hopefully someone can think things over before final decisions are made.

Preferred walk on maybe?

I would hope that scholarship number 11 comes before 13. There still is work to do with rotational players.

I'm going to wait until the final pieces fall. Personally, I doubt that Winker is there to earn a scholarship. Last player we know that was brought in (Wang) has quite a bit more value than Winker. Winker has more of a vibe of being a player that enters the portal and doesn't find a suitor.

Went to HS about 10 mins from me and saw them a couple of times over a couple of years. That kid is not even a break the glass big. He is a “Oh God, everyone to the bomb shelter now” big. Strictly cannon fodder for the white jerseys. But he’s not unathletic. If he’s scholly #13 and you want to see what you’ve got after a year of getting his a$$ whooped by Sherrell that’s ok with me. He’s probably got a better chance than Acimovic because he moves better. And the stroke’s alright.

No doubt him and crazy work by our staff. Go get a man from the Euro leagues. What are they thinking?

80's center part and matching resting b*tch face.

And this has been my position all along. As much as the staff did favorably early, their finishing plans leave a ton to be desired. I’ll be absolutely shocked if Manhertz is anywhere close to contributing. Same with Karvala but to a lesser extent. Hawthorne was this for Kentucky more or less last year. Manhertz is producing pedestrian numbers against high school talent. Expecting that to translate against men immediately is foolish on the staff. Too many smart people in the room not to know better. That’s not to mention injury concerns. Anyway, this has been my mantra since the “plans” were laid out to the fanbase.

I stand by what I said -- there are hundreds of players sitting at the end of bench because they haven't even shown they are capable of being a low major player. We already have three freshman whom we don't know if they will be in the rotation -- if we have developmental players at the 12 and 13 positions then what you are saying is that we potentially have only eight players that could be valued as rotational players,

Where does it say he’s a guard? lol

Is he really a guard like they have him listed? I guess he would come cheap.

Players 12&13 are going to be developmental

Bradshaw to Tennessee State.

Unless it is for a walk on position, it couldn't be a worse player to give a scholarship to.