Aidan Mahaney

[That Guy]

We just don't know. Know one really knows what the chances are. The way I look at it, crystal ball predictions mean very little. Just a few days ago on 247, if I am not mistaken, Koby Brea was viewed to be 100% to UConn. Now he is visiting Kentucky.

Liam McNeeley decided to visit some other school(s) after his UConn visit and people here thought he would choose Kentucky or Duke and then he decided UConn was best.

But Fishy looks like he has done some analytical breakdowns and seems confident the chances are 23.57%. Go with that for now

There must've been a bump in the road today with Brea. Whether it was reluctance from the UConn side or from Brea's who really knows, but the fact is that it was confirmed through the media that he decided on only visiting UConn and Duke. Once the Duke visit was off the table it made perfect sense for everyone to expect him to imminently commit to UConn. Clearly something went down today and he felt that now he needs to include another option in his recruitment. Doesn't mean we won't get him, but our chances have gone from him being a lock to a complete question mark at this point.

McNeeley never decided to visit other schools. Because he didn't commit right away, some recruiting guys thought that he would take at least another visit, but it was all speculation. My guess is that he was very confident in picking UConn, but he simply didn't want to rush into a decision on the visit and took a few days to discuss it with his family.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

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Of course it does.



For a guy like you, maybe things will normalize when your post count hits 50,000.

 

[cohenzone]

I wouldn't really categorize it that way. Castle showed he could be a more than capable scorer at all 3 levels, where as Jackson's shot and inability to really create for himself will always hold him back.

You really think that in a tight game at the end Castle was the guy you wanted shooting the ball? I didn’t say he was futile, but if you think he wasn’t option 5 of 5 I am willing to be convinced. But tomorrow. It’s.zzzz time.

 

[3rdbass]

You really think that in a tight game at the end Castle was the guy you wanted shooting the ball? I didn’t say he was futile, but if you think he wasn’t option 5 of 5 I am willing to be convinced. But tomorrow. It’s.zzzz time.

In the Tournament I was very satisfied with him at the end of the clock with his ability to create his shot. He did great in the Final four doing that.

 

[Scrutineer]

What would you have Charlie Baker do? The courts won't allow him to do anything.

He's been in the job over a year and has yet to put forth a set of guidelines or policies to rein in the lunacy unfolding virtually year round.

He's talked up legislation but where is it?

It may be that his only chance is to work through the Presidents of the schools, many of whom may be tiring of the inmates running the asylum and are looking for direction. They're also facing demographic changes that will lead to lower enrollments and more financial failures among colleges and universities.

The Presidents must feel like they're on a treadmill seeing their schools become such a major part of professional sports and wondering who benefits. Is it just the coaches and allied staff, the AD's, architects and construction companies building all the fabulous facilities?

Do the schools actually benefit in any way? We hear it's great for marketing and applications go up when we get all the great publicity for winning a championship but how do you quantify if that offsets the losses we're experiencing operating like a power conference member without power conference money?

And, from what I've read elsewhere, some of the major P5 schools are already facing financial issues despite the lucrative broadcast payouts.

As an aside, when UConn played Yale in the 60's we had Rick Forzano as Head Coach, Sam Rutigliano as one assistant along with three others. That was it. There was probably a secretary but now we have 38 or 39 people just on the football staff. Go to a women's basketball practice and you'll see two full time video coordinators, and on and on.

I don't know if there's enough money to keep paying all the staff, build new and maintain existing structures, and pay all the other expenses and now the NIL costs (that I think have already been approved to be paid by the schools).

If Dartmouth's players successfully join a union that opens the issue salaries and benefits and all the other employment expenses plus the potential for strikes. How wil the big money schools will be able to stay in business if there's a strike and there's no money coming in to pay all those costs. Can DB and the others insure for that?

 

[UCSouth]

Do you think that highly of me that my word is gospel?

In my opinion, yes!!

 

[Scrutineer]

So what are the chances Mahaney and Brea are out and we’re looking to round out our team after May 1 with the best available guard with plus ballhandling and shooting skills? And an experienced 3/4 if AK stays in the draft? I have confidence that it all works out but getting neither Mahaney nor Brea feels more likely than landing both.

It looked good for us with Brea but he may become this year's Timberlake. He might have concluded his best move is to take the most money, coaching and winning championships be damned, because he's probably not going to be drafted.