Memphis Recruiting

[tcf15]

 

[polycom]

Bag man asked for a change?

 

[CL82]

Made the mistake of asking Penny how are you getting these kids?

 

[Scrutiner]

Bowen leaving is odd. His contract was extended, in 2015, through June of this year and if he's resigning now it must be because they didn't renew it. That's what's strange based on his career path and the successes he's had, especially at San Jose St. and now at Memphis.

He has NFL experience with the 49er's and two long and successful stints as AD at the college level. At Memphis he was cited for managing $40 million in facilities upgrades and the move to the AAC. He's hired great coaches (Hardaway and a couple football coaches) who have done well and he sure raised Memphis' profile nationally. Seems very unusual that he'd leave now.

 

[djct1999]

If its all about the free education these kids receive, that's one hell of a drop off from a Duke education to one from Memphis State. I feel for this kids resume. Why isn't anyone talking about that?

 

[Dooley]

No dude! We want them to be good! It’s good for the league!

Hip hip hooray AAC!

The good news in all this: UConn's APR scores continue to be industry leading.

 

[djct1999]

Hip hip hooray AAC!

The good news in all this: UConn's APR scores continue to be industry leading.

Its a shame the APR can't box out and rebound.

 

[Dooley]

Its a shame the APR can't box out and rebound.

A darn shame indeed. At least we will all be comforted knowing with absolute certainty that if/when the day comes that anyone other than UConn begins to care about APR, we will be in excellent shape.

The money Memphis is paying these kids may or may not transition into future P5 revenue dollars...but APR scores last a lifetime.

 

[whaler11]

Maybe the single worst thing about being in the AAC is being in a league with Memphis State. Nauseating.

 

[whaler11]

Maybe AD TV Deal is off to a better job at ESPN.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Wow this has been a very good stretch for Memphis athletics. Very odd. Probably doesn’t bode well for them.

 

[huskymedic]

Made the mistake of asking Penny how are you getting these kids?

Replaced by long time booster

 

[Dooley]

You really can't make this stuff up. While we're busy chasing our tails over APR nonsense, the new Memphis AD is handing recruits sacks of cash. Got to hand it to Memphis though, they are light years ahead of us in terms of realizing that the NCAA is a scam. Louisville realized it years ago and they're cashing ACC checks now.

 

[polycom]

Replaced by long time booster

This guy is also a former CBB ref..

• College Basketball Official – Southeastern Conference and Conference USA
• Selected to officiate NCAA Tournament in 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990 and 1992

Allie Prescott, J.D. | Waddell and Associates

 

[superjohn]

You really can't make this stuff up. While we're busy chasing our tails over APR nonsense, the new Memphis AD is handing recruits sacks of cash. Got to hand it to Memphis though, they are light years ahead of us in terms of realizing that the NCAA is a scam. Louisville realized it years ago and they're cashing ACC checks now.

We've never known how to play the game.

 

[polycom]

We've never known how to play the game.

We never wanted to learn how to play the game.../ didn't spend the time or the money putting in the infrastructure to be able to play the game.

 

[superjohn]

We never wanted to learn how to play the game.../ didn't spend the time or the money putting in the infrastructure to be able to play the game.

And that's why we sit at the kids table.

 

[polycom]

And that's why we sit at the kids table.

TBH it's almost malpractice.

 

[superjohn]

TBH it's almost malpractice.

It's absolutely malpractice, it's even more amazing what Calhoun and Geno were able to accomplish with nimrods all around them.

 

[Adios]

UConn has been under Yale's and Wesleyan's shadows for a long time. Most other state schools, such as Alabama and Michigan didn't have such schools to deal with back then.

Leaders at UConn back then did have the foresight to have Frederick Olmstead design the campus.

 

[polycom]

It's absolutely malpractice, it's even more amazing what Calhoun and Geno were able to accomplish with nimrods all around them.

Calhoun made an active choice not to cheat. The question is though could have or should have the infrastructure been in place for the next coach, without the help/assistance/blessing of Calhoun.

Michigan, while in a much much much better situation, is going to be in an interesting situation with their next coach considering Beilein didn't cheat either.

 

[UConnNick]

Ehh. Cal was slated to bring in the #1,3 and 4 recruits in the country before he left for UK. Pastner brought in three 5* and two 4* in his first full year. And 6 top 100 kids another year. Were they all cheating? Probably. But Tubby was the real anomaly.

If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'.

 

[superjohn]

Calhoun made an active choice not to cheat. The question is though could have or should have the infrastructure been in place for the next coach, without the help/assistance/blessing of Calhoun.

Michigan, while in a much much much better situation, is going to be in an interesting situation with their next coach considering Beilein didn't cheat either.

There is a difference between giving people bags of cash and the malpractice we've seen here. The fact we're one of the best basketball programs in the nation and we put ourselves in the position where the NCAA could screw us over APR is one of many things that shows how we've always been terrible at this.

 

[UConnNick]

Made the mistake of asking Penny how are you getting these kids?

The sudden blinding white light of success Memphis is having reminds me of the scene after the high stakes poker game in "The Sting", when "Lonergan" says, "I couldn't call him out for cheatin' better than me, in front of the others!"

 

[UConnNick]

Bowen leaving is odd. His contract was extended, in 2015, through June of this year and if he's resigning now it must be because they didn't renew it. That's what's strange based on his career path and the successes he's had, especially at San Jose St. and now at Memphis.

He has NFL experience with the 49er's and two long and successful stints as AD at the college level. At Memphis he was cited for managing $40 million in facilities upgrades and the move to the AAC. He's hired great coaches (Hardaway and a couple football coaches) who have done well and he sure raised Memphis' profile nationally. Seems very unusual that he'd leave now.

Trying to avoid being subpoenaed?