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"God forbid?" You are posting exactly that way, and that's fine by me! For real...go for it! God forbid someone disagrees with you tho. ;)

Fair. Maybe PG, shooter, then center for me. Though catch and shoot wings are in greater supply than impact, three year point guards or elite centers.

Like a parent who on December 23rd spies their kid tearfully begging Santa for the coveted toy of the season, and then sees that toy for 10X retail price on FaceBook Marketplace. You betcha.

You sound upset that our NIL collective is helping to attract excellent players. Let me see if I understand: Now that every big-time power 5 program can afford to pay a ton of money legally to players, you believe we should: Have a crappy NIL organization that doesn't allow us to pay as much in NIL as other major programs Use NIL, but lose portal recruiting battles to teams that have just as much money as IU for portal NIL Have as robust an NIL program as any other team, and use it to attract and get commitments from fantastic players Feel free to pick any and all of these as your preferred option(s)

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That's how most big time programs were getting their players long before everyone was allowed to play the game. Did we play it a little back then? Probably. Did we play it up to the level of most SEC and ACC schools? Nope; nowhere near that. Did we play it up to the bankroll of our alumni base? Not even a little. Now that it is legal, allowed, and every team is playing it? We are pretty ******* good at it.

And one for all da haters out there:

3) Catch and shoot wing(s) So behind #1 and #2, but next up. Carlyle is one for that role. And another after Carlyle would be niiiice.

Top off-season needs? 1) Point guard...CHECK 2) Center...CHECK

Woo...HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSIERS!!

True. But I also wouldn’t blame us for signing Williams or Payne while Ballo takes his other visits.

Ballo looks like DeAndre Thomas, if DeAndre Thomas had a personal trainer instead of a personal pizza delivery guy.

Exactly. 100% agree that the “cell phone as a distraction” issue is very real! But telling people to keep their cell phones out of their hands and off of the conference room table is one thing and quite appropriate, while collecting them into a bag is another. Kinda interesting in part because Indiana is a one party consent state, so it would be legal to surreptitiously record a board meeting.

Oughta have a stand alone thread ; he is apparently likely to be a Hoosier. Long-armed combo guard. Most services have him as a top 25 portal get. Excellent freshman year at Stanford. From Atlanta - again a Ya connection. Three years eligibility remaining which is outstanding. https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/stanford-transfer-combo-guard-kanaan-carlyle-trending-towards-indiana/

I'm not a sunshine pumper? It's all so confusing.

Hey welcome! Glad to have you aboard -- dive on in.

It's an example. I work for/with a very no-nonsense leader. If that was proposed to him he'd think it was a clear sign of a leader that doesn't trust or command the respect of his/her team. I think so too.

Only because this likely means it reflects the demographics and culture of the State as a whole: The Media School https://mediaschool.indiana.edu › News & Events › News Aug 31, 2023 — Fifty-nine percent of undergraduate students in The Media School are residents of Indiana and 41% are from out of state.

Hell no. He's not interested - likely an Arky/Calipari move. (And most importantly) He had terrible defensive/court awareness at UK. In my opinion we have better options/fits that are leaning IU. Wagner is more like a fantasy football/gaudy five star rating addition than a winning basketball player.

The journalism profession and the kids at the IDS are not a monolith. They are a variety of people from different backgrounds (though largely raised in Indiana) that have different perspectives, flaws, and abilities.

Reneau Mgbako as a four at times without a doubt Ballo or Payne Malone from Grace as a depth true big Maybe a developmental youngster or foreigner

They are student journalists. They are learning, even if they are trying very hard to be excellent.

There is naturally going to be a bias toward the players that are geographically easier to watch. All of these are really good options, but Conwell at ISU and Payne via the B1G Network are far more accessible to be seen. I'm curious what @Uspshoosier thinks about the Carlyle/Hickman/Conwell best fit and the Ballo/Payne option. He's the one above all others that has a handle on every corner of the sport.

I read the IDS article, and I read @HoosierHoopster's posts. That's why I stated that while there may not be, sometimes there is more to a situation than what meets the eye from an outside observer.