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If you’re doubling his salary and giving him the world after 1 year, the buyout to fire him would be predictably huge, but the buyout for him to walk has gotta be astronomical. Like Jimbo Fisher-level astronomical. I imagine he’s effectively unpoachable.

Ok, I need someone to explain this to me: I’ve always understood a retention bonus to be a 1-time shot to incentivize re-upping. Even got an adorably small 1 myself a hundred years ago. But how is an annual retention bonus not just de facto salary? What purpose does that serve?

Per Rittenhouse the new deal more than doubles Cig’s salary. That would put him over 8 mil, which if you believe On3 puts him in Lanning/James Franklin territory. Honestly, I’m not sure that’s not a bit of a discount.

Can’t imagine the “negotiation” consisted of much more than Dolson handing Cig’s agent a pre-signed contract with maybe 10 blanks and saying, “Yeah, just fill those in and get it back to me.” Dude had more leverage than anyone in the entire history of leverage.

3 years ago Nova-UVA would have been destination viewing. How the mighty have fallen. These teams are bad bad. Would imagine Neptune is dead man walking barring something miraculous.

IU 78 SC 67

Like OSU a lot. They can shoot it, they've got rim protection and it wouldn't shock me at all if Thornton ends up CPOY. Love that kid.

Yup, it also doesn't distinguish between the travel team and the post-grad team. So sometimes you get them and sometimes you don't.

So, is money in these cases guaranteed? If Underwood gets there and is meh does UM get to re-negotiate? That’s mostly sarcasm, but I am curious what happens to a college player that underperforms his deal.

Hey, you gamblin’ folk around here: isn’t home field usually a field goal? If that’s the deal is this suggesting that IU-Penn St on a neutral field would be a pick’em game?

Interesting question because it probably ties to what an org is looking for. I love the kid, think he’s great. Have no problem seeing him as an 18/8 and 4-5 assts with a couple of blocks and steals and a DPOY candidate every year who brings it every night. To me that’s a #1 all day. But if they’re looking for a 25 pt alpha scorer or an offensive fulcrum, maybe/maybe not. Maybe Bailey makes more sense in that scenario or even Harper, though I’d take Flagg over Harper 7 days out of 7. What would’ve been really fun to watch is if Dybantsa was in this draft. That kid might be a 30pt guy, but he doesn’t do anything else as well and he doesn’t always bring it. That would make a really interesting study in priorities.

Yup, and 98 of those pages would be blaming Woodson and a lot of MSU fans seem to think it’s Izzo. Nope, this one is not a coaching issue.

https://x.com/ESPNCFB/status/1856400948152688918 Oh look, the IU grad absolutely making the argument for a 3 loss SEC team getting in. I’m telling ya, I don’t care where they’re ranked tonight, if IU loses to OSU they’re not getting in.

https://x.com/joejacksonCBB/status/1856150739812253917 A Purdue problem this year in microcosm. This guy says Loyer is “getting his own shot.” This is literally a miscommunication on the screen that Loyer turned into a contested 6 footer that he made. He’s not beating any decent defender off his bounce. They are really gonna struggle this year against solid ball pressure.

Because Izzo/MSU are still the biggest name brand in a top 4 conference despite the fact that you’re right. And even though Purdue has far surpassed them, I really enjoy that even in the midst of the greatest run in their history little brother is still nothing but a regional brand. They’ll never be more.

Now, see, when I applied to join the FMW Posse I put this exact thing on my app and was rejected because, “your animus score did not meet our standards.” Did that happen to you as well or was I singled out?

Really looking forward to Duke-UK tonight. Maybe Duke wins that game on shear talent, but they are in for a harsh lesson in communication trying to guard that offense. Can’t lie, it really annoys me to like the coach at UK.

A literally 50yo action. Love it. Pre-3pt days the initial screener didn’t fade to the line, he broke weak and screened for the corner who either went baseline or to the mid-paint. A lot of layups built from that set.

This will be really interesting to watch. Both Thomas and Darius Acuff are NBA guys, but they are shot hunting machines. Not sure how well that’ll actually work.

Hell of a start for Kaleb. Happy for him as well as Ron Hunter. Interesting to see how this plays all the way out. Watched several of his HS games and thought he had a chance to be really good and then obviously it didn’t happen at all. Ya said when he got the job here that you had to recruit a certain kind of kid because this environment isn’t for everyone. Judging by how uncomfortable Banks always looked, maybe it was as simple as that.

https://x.com/itsAntWright/status/1855980846601175167 Absolutely. Nice little breakdown here from Ant on Carlyle’s defensive awareness. Not worried about his offense in any way. Kid could drop 20 Saturday. Meanwhile his defense has been fantastic and he competes his a$$ off.

For those who don’t feel like doing the math, that’s: 31.2 pts 13.9 rebs 11.6 assts Most skilled post player ever. Unbelievable

I really think there’s something up with AR. No idea what, but they know Flacco’s nothing but stopgap and yet they’re going with him. And there’s no way they think he’s getting them to the playoffs. They drafted the kid knowing he was a long-term project and now 10 games in they’re done? No. Speculating is wildly irresponsible, but this doesn’t pass the smell test in any way.

Lovely. May her memory be a blessing. And every time you look at your little girl your beloved will be there.