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Post by tgo on May 15, 2024 16:54:10 GMT -5
This is smart scheduling and a good response to the Big East's not getting a lot of teams in the tournament. Of course, when a team is good like Marquette, there's a lot of incentive to schedule this way and get a bunch of OOC wins. Scheduling is the one area where I am just not sure Cooley gets it fully. He's never scheduled strongly, and I feel like we need to be in the good November tournaments that Ewing ran away from. That new NIL-based tournament would be great, we really should go to Maui again (Providence did play there under Cooley), and the other higher profile events. As of right now, I don't believe we have one of those on the schedule at all for the future. Cooley told me last week that we are going to Maui in 28. He also said he is working on getting a west coast team on the schedule (he didnt say this year so I am assuming this is for the following year). He has known Cronin for years and his preference is to play UCLA but if that doesn't work he will go for USC, Stanford or SD State. He also said he wants to get us in a tournament this year but didn't elaborate beyond that. In response to the other post - I too would rather lose to a top 50 team than beat a team that is 200 or lower.
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Post by tgo on May 10, 2024 19:43:26 GMT -5
I may have misunderstood, but I think Cooley's comments about prospective 2025 recruiting went to the overall quality of the class he believes we will land, not just one star player. It was a good and encouraging event. The Coach is clearly busting his butt. But as he said last night, in his world, results are everything. When he was talking to me and one or two other people before his group remarks is when he referenced the 2025 player, took out his phone and said the kid had texted him while he was at this event. I think he then said 'I could have some real good news for you on that soon' I also thought this comment was interesting - he has talked to more lawyers (who represent the kids in their NIL negotiations) in just the past 2 years than the number of HS coaches he has talked in the past 10 years - or something like that.
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Post by tgo on May 10, 2024 10:12:07 GMT -5
I was at an event last night with Cooley and he said that Calipari told him what the NIL budget at Arkansas is and it is insane, more than triple what everyone says the Hoyas have to work with. When asked what ours is, he wouldn't put a number on it, he said something like 'it's fluid' or 'a moving target' or something vague like that. About the Players Era Tournament, he said he had been contacted to see if the Hoyas were interested in being a part of it, he didn't rule it out but I would be very very surprised if we ended up in that event. Unlikely that he will use all of his scholarships this year, he wants to add a center and then he might be done. Also of note - He is optimistic that he could land a big name from the class of 25 soon. Thank you for the recap, great to hear this kind of perspective - where was the event held and who were the types of people in attendance? It was in Los Angeles, local alumni were invited but it was not broadcast to all the local alums, I assume invite only went to people who had donated to athletics in some fashion. There were several development staff there and of course there were appeals to the crowd to open their check books when possible to support the program. Cooley was in SF for a similar event the day before and mentioned 5 to 10 other cities where they plan to have similar gatherings to engage with the local alums and donors.
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Post by tgo on May 10, 2024 9:49:52 GMT -5
I was at an event last night with Cooley and he said that Calipari told him what the NIL budget at Arkansas is and it is insane, more than triple what everyone says the Hoyas have to work with. When asked what ours is, he wouldn't put a number on it, he said something like 'it's fluid' or 'a moving target' or something vague like that.
About the Players Era Tournament, he said he had been contacted to see if the Hoyas were interested in being a part of it, he didn't rule it out but I would be very very surprised if we ended up in that event.
Unlikely that he will use all of his scholarships this year, he wants to add a center and then he might be done.
Also of note - He is optimistic that he could land a big name from the class of 25 soon.
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Post by tgo on Mar 12, 2024 14:09:14 GMT -5
One member of my crew had to cancel their trip so i have an extra seat. Section 3 row 9, let me know if you know anyone who needs it.
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Post by tgo on Mar 11, 2024 13:43:30 GMT -5
Landing at JFK on Wednesday morning and will be at the worlds most famous arena in person on Wed nite with MEGAFANWho else will be at the BET this year? This will be my 26th time, I know several of you have got me beat Anyone going to the HHC reception? 4-530p Tailor Public House, $25 at the door.
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Post by tgo on Dec 20, 2023 0:42:03 GMT -5
And, Syracuse has been our biggest rival for over 40 years. So, maybe it doesn’t actually matter at all. Did you actually attend Georgetown? He did. And so did I, and i don't think the rivalry with Cuse - one of the best rivalries in the sport - would somehow become better if they started requiring that people be able to write with something other than a crayon to be admitted to "study" at their campus in southern Canada.
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Post by tgo on Sept 28, 2023 15:32:51 GMT -5
Means there is a very slim chance the hoyas could be playing in Los Angeles which would be incredibly awesome in my world.
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Post by tgo on Aug 29, 2023 10:43:11 GMT -5
That said, the latest variants have caused less severe disease but there is early evidence that some of the new variants are not so kind, especially to our immune compromised and elderly populace. then help those who need protection and are at high risk and stop using stats that cherry pick data to make it seem like the damage done by pandemic policies were worth the cost to the other 95% of our population.
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Post by tgo on Aug 28, 2023 16:27:10 GMT -5
Is "involving" the same as "caused by" or "as a result of?" Sounds very different to me. There may be a distinction, but does it really matter? Suppose the language was "contributed to by", which could well be similar to involving. Aren't these results still extremely alarming? COVID is much more contagious than the flu correct? If i was in a car accident during one of the peaks of transmission there is a very high chance that I had it without knowing it. If i then went to the hospital for 4 days before dying, there was then a much much higher chance that i would now have it. I would then be listed in the column of this chart as a covid death. i am not going to take the time to go back and find them but i saw incredible stats about the percentage of people in hospital care who had covid active in their system, what percentage of them went to the hospital for that as opposed to their appendix bursting? i dont recall, but that is a key data point. Obviously a lot of people died from COVID, how many more than the flu? probably a lot but this stat doesn't tell me that. Similarly, the post further up the thread about the people who were and are still not ok with the crimes committed against the education and development of the generation in school at the time should be ok with it because life expectancy dropped and without these draconian policies it would have been worse. The stat used to make this spurious claim is also suspect since - as far as i can tell - it is not taking in to account the increase in suicides due to the lock downs and increases in things like cancer that might not have been deadly if caught earlier but because fear mongers did what they do best, people skipped dr's appointments and check ups etc or the diminished life expectancy that today's children have due to the impact on their education among other things. If people want to find stats that help them to clear their consciences for what they did to children and society at large in response to the COVID Pandemic then in my book they need to do much better. I remember what they did and do not forgive them. In all policy discussions both sides exaggerate and lie and then get busy with patting themselves on the back. This makes it almost impossible for either side to trust each other going forward. Using exaggerated stats and things with obviously holes in them to prove a point will get your supporters pumped up and push the middle and your opposition further away. I feel this is a very difficult to solve problem in our society not just when discussing COVID. I try to point it out when i can and sometimes i am shown that there is back up beyond what i am seeing but most of the time instead the rabid in the crowd will try to shout me down saying if you question the party line then you are irredeemable and corrupt. this is nearly universal, i am just as disappointed when people i would otherwise agree with do it. of course that is what those in power want, to keep us in our own tribes viewing those who we disagree with as reprehensible.
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Post by tgo on Aug 25, 2023 9:40:24 GMT -5
Is "involving" the same as "caused by" or "as a result of?" Sounds very different to me.
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Post by tgo on Jun 16, 2023 18:49:43 GMT -5
Don't quite understand how Pitino is going to do this with everybody watching... and not have everybody else do it. Even if this is (now?) legal - is there a roster max size? What's preventing a team from collecting a roster of 20 kids, 7 on NIL "scholarships"? what would be the benefit of having a larger roster? I don't understand why there is a limit to roster size or to the amount of scholarships that can be given out. Why not let teams have as large a roster as they like? there are only 200 minutes of playing time regardless of how many people you have on your roster. There is no competitive advantage to having more players, if anything it is most likely to cause problems.
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Post by tgo on Jun 13, 2023 11:07:07 GMT -5
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Post by tgo on May 16, 2023 9:58:59 GMT -5
Skyzoo, in his ode to the Knicks, has a line 54 seconds in
"Center of attraction like a Hoya"
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Post by tgo on May 13, 2023 22:33:26 GMT -5
... More selective public colleges than UC Irvine, like UCLA and Berkeley, marginalize Latino students, according to a report from Georgetown's Education and the Workforce. Curious if you read the referenced report or know what backed up their conclusion that these schools are "marginalizing Latino students."
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Post by tgo on May 3, 2023 17:23:25 GMT -5
Shouldn't he be attending classes? Economics;Finance;Marketing; US Geography This very public marketing project he is working on appears to be taking up all his time but is also pretty impressive and appears certain to get an A. With a little bit of editing, those Finance and Economics classes may even accept it in lieu of taking the final in those classes
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Post by tgo on Apr 7, 2023 10:32:29 GMT -5
Where do you think Hunter Dickinson will end up playing next season? Georgetown 7% Kansas 37% Maryland 13% Villanova 11% Another school 25% Other / No opinion 7% Based on 1,416 responses. Snapshot of real-time results. Yikes... that's not good. I thought we were considered the favorite. This is as useful as you doing a poll asking the rest of HoyaTalk what flavor of ice cream my wife will get next time we stop at Baskin Robbins. How many of those 1,416 voters know this kid or anyone close to him? Over under is Zero and i am taking the under.
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Post by tgo on Apr 3, 2023 13:03:58 GMT -5
Very few college players are actually "endorsing" anything right? They are not being approached by the local car dealership and being paid $100k to be in a commercial or getting a cut of the jersey sales at the book store.
They are being paid a signing bonus or salary to come to a school - they are just calling it something else to avoid an employee relationship. Seems to me that this whole system will be challenged in court in one way or another sometime soon. Do these kids have protections like workers comp? if not, then some leftist politician is going to take issue with the system at some point.
anyone know the answers to any of my other questions?
1. Where do people find the NIL amounts that often get mentioned? I have only seen amounts thrown around on msg boards and am wondering where those amounts are listed and why the media doesn't appear to report on it. 2. How much did our players get this past year? 3. Can schools make multi-year deals that are back loaded as a way to try and keep people from transferring? 4. Is it money only that the kids are getting or is it like any other contract where you can throw any sort of compensation you have at your disposal at them, for instance every player on a team could get a new car from a local dealership whose owner is a huge supporter of the team?
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Post by tgo on Apr 2, 2023 11:41:44 GMT -5
Wouldn't the courts strike down any effort by the NCAA/conferences/etc. to limit NIL payments or impose some kind of salary cap? It seems like the courts have already answered the question of whether the NCAA (or any other college sports institution) has the right to have any say whatsoever over the money that college athletes can make through selling their NIL rights. I don't think there is any chance there will ever be any kind of salary cap/limit on NIL payments for this reason - the courts have probably already ruled that this would e illegal. There are salary caps in all the major sports, how could the courts say it is ok in MLB, NBA etc but not NCAA?
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Post by tgo on Apr 2, 2023 11:33:28 GMT -5
I have a ton of questions and think some people here will know the answers:
1. Where do people find the NIL amounts that often get mentioned? I have only seen amounts thrown around on msg boards and am wondering where those amounts are listed and why the media doesn't appear to report on it. 2. How much did our players get this past year? 3. Is there anyone of any importance/influence talking about imposing a salary cap in college basketball? 4. Can schools make multi-year deals that are back loaded as a way to try and keep people from transferring? 5. Is it money only that the kids are getting or is it like any other contract where you can throw any sort of compensation you have at your disposal at them, for instance every player on a team could get a new car from a local dealership whose owner is a huge supporter of the team?
Need to start having NIL amounts mentioned in the press about a signing, same way it is reported when Pitcher X has signed with the Yankees, for a reported $5 million over 2 years.
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