Spending this kind of money is an extraordinarily risky play for universities because unlike IU/Cignetti, so many of them spend it on the wrong guy.
For every '$13.2 million bargain' like Cig (which is undeniably true), there are countless big money investments put into programs and staffs that do not pay off with wins, donations, and university-wide presitge.
A ruptured patella tendon is listed as a 6 to 12 month injury to return to sports, with 12 months the norm for recovered with near full explosiveness.
Daley has been out for 8 1/2 months. That could easily mean full activity and regaining his burst.
Here's an off-season IU topic if there ever were one:
Name your all-time starting five of IU alums. Not neccesarily sports alums!
I'll try:
Mark Cuban
Mark Spitz
Hoagy Carmichael
Sherman Minton (When there's a Supreme Court Justice as a choice? Gotta add him)
Mike Pence
The “This Could Be Texas” album by English Teacher is incredible. just incredible. For you old fuggers that are listening to the same stuff you did in high school? Feels like it was influenced by Poly-Styrene, Joy Division, The Beatles, and Liz Phair… all at once. Play this album; you’ll be glad you did:
Cue the “Painter always finds a way” chorus, but it appears that is so. He also has a 23 year old PF Euro trying to get eligible, but that Euro has never gotten minutes anywhere, albeit in high level leagues.
After their Canadian trip, their starting lineup appears to be Jacobson, Pierce, Omer Mayer, Cox, and Antoine West.
Mostly a receiver.
If he returned he would be ahead of young but highly regarded tight ends only if Cig and Shanny did not regard them as highly as the rating services.
TKR and Cluff were both pretty strong college players.
They are replacing them with Jacobson and Pierce, an overachieving and undersized Ivy League player.
That’s rough.