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Yeah it is a catch 22 Gotta make sure that the staff has the resources to be great I think it starts moving if wins equal .500 or close to it this coming season I don't think it needs to be a drastic turn around to get money flowing Just can't have another single digits win season (which I don't expect)

It's not though. We may need money to reach MAC championship caliber, but there's no way that Niagara, Fairleigh Dickinson, and the entire MAC (I won't list all the losses), are crushing us in the NIL department that badly. NIL existed (granted not as pervasive) when Whitesell was here and he bottomed out with 13 D1 wins in his last season. Halcovage needs to be able to put a middling mid-major team on the court with little to no NIL. He hasn't done that and throwing money at him will not fix that. It's my firm belief that being a good mid-major coach in any era requires creativity and resourcefulness as we will never have top end resources. NIL is a new challenge but UB has never had the deck stacked in their favor and there have been people with visions that made it work anyway. Halcovage has done the opposite so far, he stacked his staff with inexperienced coaches who haven't had to make things work at a mid-major school. I will grant Halcovage that I think going after primarily international kids is an innovative way to deal with the threat of NIL, but it still hinges on the ability to identify and develop talent, which Halcovage has a failing grade on so far. People on this board still contend that Isaiah Adams actually regressed under him. People didn't like when I said it but I maintain that the collective should be stashing MBB contributions for the next coach. I do think this will be an issue and I think the worst thing that could happen with that money is buy Halcovage a third year where he spends whatever money they do raise in an effort to save his job.

Works for me!!🤣

Kind of a Catch 22 situation as wins will be less likely until the coffers start filling. I know there is some reticence committing to current staff. However, if money is not there and a change is warranted it may be harder to attract the right people.

I watched a couple mins of Shields highlights package on YouTube.. I don't know much but to me he looks like QB1 without any practice. All i needed to see was a couple nice deep passes with accuracy and good trajectory...and some wheels to escape the pocket when it collapses. Good to go, lol.

So this is Year 7 for him??

Gut feeling from me is that UB won't start seeing those numbers until wins start happening but hopefully I'm wrong and it's flourishing right now

New transfer commit, DE Antonio Colclough. Out of NYC and was at Temple in 2018, 4 years at JMU with a degree, last year All- CAA honorable mention season at Monmouth with 4.5 sacks.

To give an update on NIL from a basketball perspective... Ohio raised over $200,000 this year for their men's basketball NIL collective.

I hate to be negative but I watched full game tape on Oboh and he does not look like a D1 prospect at all. The competition he plays is terrible, he plays out of control and has poor footwork. His FIBA stats against real competition showed inefficiency (shooting 31% inside the paint) and averaged 2 turnovers per game as a big man. Just seems like he relies on being bigger, stronger and more athletic than his competiton

No knock on Jo Smith, but Oboh looks like he could be a stronger, more physical force down low than we’ve had the past couple years. We’ll have to wait and see how his talent translates to the MAC. 🤘

Good point and you are correct, he was at ODU in 2022. Perhaps he saw some things that made him feel like he could run our offense. Let's hope for the best.

If I’m not mistaken, Patenaude worked at ODU in 2022 so he’s probably familiar with Shields.

I might be reading into this, but if Lembo is saying this is a big time phone call, we might be seeing the starting QB for next season. This reminds me of when Jeff Quinn had a big time phone call from Chazz Anderson, who ended up being the starting QB because we didn't really have one going into the season...

Jack Shields from ODU is transferring to UB. This per his X account that has re-Xed by multiple UB Football staff and Paul Peck. https://odusports.com/sports/football/roster/season/2023/player/jack-shields

Another QB in the mix out of the Portal from Old Dominion. Not stellar stats, but former 3 star recruit from Virginia. See how this plays out.

Holy crap! I don't care what level you are at, but those are impressive stat lines! Also, I'm assuming that ball he is holding is not regulation size, right? 🤣 Looking forward to seeing what he can do with our Bulls!

Excellent performance from UB commit Tim Oboh. Hopefully this bodes well for his future with the Bulls.

I agree on both counts.

Strong start to the announcement of the out of conference schedule

That's a good regional game. We'll get trounced, but it's strong scheduling.

First one of these I’ve seen

Also, I think this is another indictment about Mo and hopefully good news about Pete and the culture he’s creating.