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FS1 instead of BIG10 gets my thanks

you should be fired /s

Waiting patiently for an attorney's opinion on this. lol

Good summary. Shouldn't just get money. Gotta provide value. Trouble is, how to quantify the amount of effort applied, and what that is worth. Ideally I'd like to see some return of value to the school. That is even harder to quantify.

I liked NIL, because I thought a local business would grow a relationship between the community and the school. (Player X represents local company Y... Support the local school!). Collectives don't sit well with me though. Feels more like here's a bag of money. Nothing earned, and nothing gained (from the community perspective)

EDIT, after Dooley's reply: I didn't mean 100% rentals, but that they should make up a percentage of the overall class.

Haha, guess I walked in to that one, huh? I have nearly zero expectations for next year (not to be confused with my desires). I want to build for the future. Being reminded of how recent first year players did was ugly. I won't be happy if they don't make the playoffs. I guess I feel rentals are useful for more than just wins. Even if wins don't come, he right ones can also help build culture for future years.

Now I'm nervous that freshmen aren't ready, and leaning slightly back toward rentals.

Rec'd for continuing the reference. Can anyone else find similarities between UB and the movie?

woah, that's horrible. a) which player? b) how do you find top donors?

Dooley and Doc both make great points, in my opinion. Personally I think I'm in the middle. I hadn't thought that a rental would disrupt team chemistry, but now agree that it certainly could. While Whitesell didn't have luck going that route, Oats did... so it helps to be reminded that every situation is different. Since I recently re-watched Moneyball, I'm thinking of the scene where the GM confronts David Justice about his role on the team. Translating back to UB, I feel that some rentals can be recruited with the understanding that nothing is guaranteed, and they need to win the job.

Thanks for trying, it’s appreciated!

Since this is your first season as an active user of this site, I’ll warn that you might need to temper your expectations of “more””. Maybe you lurked around before joining and already know how “much” news we usually get. I imagine it isn’t the same amount as with teams in the Research Triangle.

Fire alarms don’t matter, I guess

Agreed, but I know you know she can't control other's twitter... Might not be awesome, but honestly out of her control.

Thanks Doc, I always appreciate your contributions.

With several scholarships still open, it is too early to compare coaching philosophies. Getting high schoolers now doesn’t mean not valuing transfers. Get them later ?!!

Completely understand. Didn’t intend to single anyone out. Just sharing a general comment.

Bryan who? That ship sailed, time to move on. Benchmark maybe, but doing so involves sorting out many other variables that I’m not Interested in evaluating.

Fixed, lol

Kevin wants more top 150 recruits, instead of diamonds. Duh. There are still extra scholarships in this class, that we don’t know how many recruits are actually being pursued.

I thought he was just short /s

Memory Lane: https://ubfan.com/bb/index.php?/topic/492-grammar-police/#comment-11752

Sure, I understand that... guess I was just reiterating my thought that it is a small pool. It is difficult to manage five salaries with this amount.

How would that work though? HC gets 5 yr contract, including staff allowance. All 5 probably want a raise after year one, but the pool stays the same. The only way to promote someone, is to cut someone else off below the knee. Admittedly, the split I posted was based on no research of former staff salaries. I have no idea of their individual responsibilities. All of their salaries seem low to me. I have no idea how accurate it is, just spitballing.