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It is hard finding a full remote job anymore. That is probably the biggest hurdle here. What type of sales were you in?

Almost moved to Houston 3 times. Most recently in 2022. We probably would have lived near the Woodlands and bussed into the city. So glad we chose Tampa.

These are cool. The other “designer” ones were ugly

Who was “him”? Wilkerson? In one post you suggest only coaches were there but in this one “him” drove up to be seen by your wife

I agree. Worked at the HT for 6 years after graduating and the summers were awesome. Like Disney on non busy days.

Any intel on who and when the staff will be finalized? Any ideas on the 4-5 we have ready to sign by end of the week?

Helps give some perspective about how hard it is for coaches to leave a good job to go and rebuild somewhere else. While the portal helps it also hurts. There are a lot of kids available to recruit from the portal but you also generally have most of your team go into the portal.

If we offer $800k are they getting an equal match or enough of a match to stay put? I suspect the latter but if not, then we may be underestimating how much $ we have compared to others. May have to shop the scrap heap for coaches out of work.

Could make sense to overpay them now. Over time the rest may catch up but if they are working out well then we should be able to match offers for them unless for a HC position

Is done but not committed yet basically a verbal? I agree many others will likely be coming after him. I wonder if he has a no-contact posting on his portal info

If any of you come across any games of his we should watch, link here. It has been cool to watch prior WVU games to see both Coach and Tucker in action. Hoping Reed can provide some sort of combo in between JMorgan and Danny Wolf. Even if a lessor version of those guys but one that can be a weapon if ignored and one that can help create opportunities for the others. With the way Tucker can pass, I am liking the addition of guys that can move and score and distribute the ball. Hoping he is a key cog to the "team" aspect

Good to hear the administration has been looking to help already. Suggests, they are aware of the need, have some resources available and probably ready to react if Moren cannot adapt. Hoping she can because she has built something and would be nice to see her continue that.

I can't help but wonder if the reported email from MM and the subsequent non-response/punishment for that neutered any goodwill gained from the staff's support. I recall that Moren wanted her to play to her size advantage more and work inside more was creating a role here that differed from the role Maryland offered. Also a bit saddened that we have not been able to utilize the portal to restack things here. 2023/24 was a great year but we took a step back this year. If we take another step back next year Moren might start to lose a lot of momentum.

Or get kind of lucky like he did with Small. Small was the 8th best portal PG last year and seemed to outplay that

It is but his point is correct.

Did Reed Bailey visit any other schools? Had seen where UK felt good about him

Makes me wonder but he did have 2 people follow him. Would have expected more but will let it play out.

How many games of his have you watched? I have been looking for games and watched the game vs Gonzaga last night. So far I don’t see him as an all American level, maybe not Danny Wolf level but definitely really good. He is such a good passer that you would really benefit if you had him as one of your best but not necessarily your best.

Since they did not work out and since the new staff does not seem to want them here I am not sure that is a good example.

I think this is my take as well. Short term, sure there are concerns. Whenever you don’t get your first choices (can only assume based on who visited) then you are hoping the next choice is similar or you get lucky. I would prefer he field a team not just guys after a payday but right now you kind of have to do both. Also concerned that we don’t seem to be well ahead of the pack on NIL. Basing this on the surprise some schools are showing up with some big offers. Long-term I think we can be in good shape. 3 of the 4 schools/coaches in the FF had a slowish start when they took over. NIL is different but Lville built a good team last year with non high end portal kids and now that kids see what they are about Lville is landing big targets. I expect us to be far better than when Crean took over but not expecting to be as strong as Michigan was

What level competition does his school play at in Missouri? Any idea if he is putting up these numbers against large schools?

I wonder if he has to be more cautious in year 1 since he has an entire roster to build. We have to overpay to get guys since we don’t have a clear vision of who we are or how we will really play. Then you have to balance getting mercenaries vs a team. I am becoming more convinced we as fans are going to have to grind and be less insistent on a super quick turnaround.

Ballo followed Tommy Lloyd from Gonzaga to AZ right.