CBB: Roy Williams Retires from UNC

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

2 minutes ago, Banksyrules said:

What’s your age demographic 40-60? Because that’s a solid argument in the 90’s or even early 2000s. It’s different now, international leagues will pay at a minimum $50-60 grand a year for a top 100 kid to play in their league.  Plus they would get endorsements from said country.  If you ever go to Japan or China you’ll see a lot of commercials from basketball player’s because they love the game as much as we do.  I would argue that in China people love basketball as much as people from Indiana.  There’s real money to be had if they want it. 

I'm 27. I'm just smart enough to understand that kids are getting a few hundred thousand dollars worth of goods for themselves and their atheltic peers in other sports. And that's only really a thing for very few atheltes at very few schools. Kids at Texas Southern aren't making Texas Southern millions and millions of dollars. But a guy like Zion was building his brand beforehand, and then it exploded even more in college by having the word "Duke" across his chest. The problem that everyone of these kids has, is entitlement. They believe they are university and who makes the university popular. WRONG. Zion left and guess what? Duke survived and fans kept watching. Big time atheltes leave colleges and everyone keeps watching college without them there. Not a single athelte is ever bigger than the university and when these kids realize the insanely rare opportunity they are receiving, they'll be better for it. They want to get paid by the school? Then forfeit your scholarship and allow for it to go elsewhere. 

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https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/north-carolina-coaching-candidates-hubert-davis-wes-miller-among-top-options-to-replace-roy-williams/

Not a ton of insight, though it is interesting that Painter gets a mention, ridiculous as that is. Also, Mark Few ain’t comin’.

[Hoosierfan1901]

Sounds like Hubert Davis is in the lead

[Hoosierfan1901]

Also, why is people saying Stevens went to grad school at UNC? Thought he only went to Depauw

[Hoosierfan1901]

Source: 

 

[Hoosierfan1901]

Looks like Stackhouse is being interviewed too

 

[Banksyrules]

1 hour ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I'm 27. I'm just smart enough to understand that kids are getting a few hundred thousand dollars worth of goods for themselves and their atheltic peers in other sports. And that's only really a thing for very few atheltes at very few schools. Kids at Texas Southern aren't making Texas Southern millions and millions of dollars. But a guy like Zion was building his brand beforehand, and then it exploded even more in college by having the word "Duke" across his chest. The problem that everyone of these kids has, is entitlement. They believe they are university and who makes the university popular. WRONG. Zion left and guess what? Duke survived and fans kept watching. Big time atheltes leave colleges and everyone keeps watching college without them there. Not a single athelte is ever bigger than the university and when these kids realize the insanely rare opportunity they are receiving, they'll be better for it. They want to get paid by the school? Then forfeit your scholarship and allow for it to go elsewhere. 

Yeah, he could’ve made a lot more. I agree no single athlete is bigger than the university but they can make more money for themselves if they choose to leave the country.  I guess you have to travel the world to understand. Basketball is big in Asia and Europe so much so that they don’t need the universities help for branding. 

[HoosierAloha]

2 hours ago, Banksyrules said:

If you ever go to Japan or China you’ll see a lot of commercials from basketball player’s because they love the game as much as we do.

Unless this has changed recently I never saw basketball players doing commercials in Japan.  Baseball players, absolutely, it's huge over there.  They enjoy basketball but it's more a regional thing than a national thing and nowhere on the level of the US.  I would agree with China to an extent but with China it's more about the total number rather than a percentage.  I would argue the percentage of people following basketball closely in the US is far greater than in China.  That's not to downplay the amount of money a good player could make in China.

[Hoosierfan1901]

2 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

How much longer can K (74) and Boeheim (76) last? 

1-2 years

[WayneFleekHoosier]

2 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

How much longer can K (74) and Boeheim (76) last? 

K is very close.  Season or 2 tops. 

Boeheim finishes with Buddy

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

19 minutes ago, Banksyrules said:

Yeah, he could’ve made a lot more. I agree no single athlete is bigger than the university but they can make more money for themselves if they choose to leave the country.  I guess you have to travel the world to understand. Basketball is big in Asia and Europe so much so that they don’t need the universities help for branding. 

And all of these kids have that option... But why don't they? Because none of those options give the amount of FREE marketing and branding that college basketball gives. 

[Hoosierfan1901]

Lol, reading UNC Boards and they think Stevens is a done deal with a rumor presser on Tuesday. Alrighty then....keep dreaming like we did, North Carolina

[Banksyrules]

10 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

And all of these kids have that option... But why don't they? Because none of those options give the amount of FREE marketing and branding that college basketball gives. 

Lol - ok buddy 

[BeerBQ]

I’m curious to see how schools like UNC (and inevitably Duke and ‘Cuse soon) handle these searches. Unfortunately as IU fans we’ve gotten pretty experienced with them. The bottom line is that it’s not as easy as it seems. Every realistic coach has questions and concerns. 
 

[Evariste Galois]

2 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

Yep and timing has a lot to do with it too. If K retires a year from now it's different than if he has a health event in August. 

I can see Syracuse & Duke both struggling more than UNC, KU, pUKe, since all of their history is wrapped up in their current coach.  

I think some of Duke's history is wrapped upped in wall-to-wall non-stop ESPN hype for the past 30 years.

I could probably recruit players to Duke if I had that kind of free advertisement...

[Hoosierfan1901]

 

[DChoosier]

1 hour ago, Hooserfan1901 said:

 

They seem hell-bent on “keeping it in the family” and my money is on Hubert Davis. I rarely do this but when Roy retired I checked a UNC site and more than one poster was saying they needed to throw a ton of money at Stevens, Few or Bennett. Reminds me of another fan base:) 

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30 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

They seem hell-bent on “keeping it in the family” and my money is on Hubert Davis. I rarely do this but when Roy retired I checked a UNC site and more than one poster was saying they needed to throw a ton of money at Stevens, Few or Bennett. Reminds me of another fan base:) 

What a bunch of delusional idiots! 

[Hoosierfan1901]

Looks like Hubert Davis is heating up

[IUc2016]

1 hour ago, Hooserfan1901 said:

Looks like Hubert Davis is heating up

yep.