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Reibe in the portal

Uconn77Duke74 said:
Financially there may be a time where we have to just take a year or two off, save our money those years, then go on a big spending spree to try to win.
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Talk about a lame solution. If Reibe would rather go to a loser like UW to be Steinbach, then you know the essence of CB is broken.
 
That Guy said:
Yeah, I don't think I agree with the style of play reasoning. Why would he commit to UConn in the first place when he knew Hurley likes his centers to be bruisers and dominate inside offensively and defensively?

I don't think he wanted to entertain the possibility of getting 15 mins/game next season off the bench. I think he simply wants to start already next season and he will go to any power conference team that guarantees him that opportunity, which is fair.
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Hurley was trying to push our offense to be even more movement than it was when we won our chips. Our big could score from 10 feet and in, and pass, and be all over the place. And we would have 4 guys that could hit 3s. This year kind of showed that maybe thats not the best plan. 1 - shooting 3s isnt reliable especially when refs allow holding. 2 - The best teams are all getting bigger and tougher inside. So Reibe seemed like the way to go, but now I think Hurley is tweaking his approach. We're still going to rely on tons of movement but we need more toughness and more penetrators / creators / foul drawers.
 
RuffRuff said:
Talk about a lame solution. If Reibe would rather go to a loser like UW to be Steinbach, then you know the essence of CB is broken.
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The essence of CB is already broken, portal era made sure of that. It used to be that players stayed or turned pro, now they are completely unrestricted free agents each and every year. It is so odd to see that such and such player reached agreement to return for another season. Reibe made it to the championship game in first year in a program that is known to develop big men and that wasn't enough.
 
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temery said:
I don't understand how the Supreme Court has said that professional sports are a game and they can be regulated and run like a game. But college sports should be a free-for-all.
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Along with the anti trust exemption thing, it's also because professional sports recognizes that their athletes are employees and the NCAA refuses to do so. That allows them to collectively bargain.
 
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NHUConnfan said:
That's because all of the other major sports have an anti-trust exemption*

The dam broke in 2021 when SCOTUS ruled that the NCAA was violating anti-trust laws in NCAA v. Alston.

The only people who can stop this is Congress and they would have to grant a similar anti-trust exemption, but in order to do that they would need to classify these athletes as employees formally. And universities don't want that either. So here we are!


*MLB's exemption is through a 1922 SCOTUS decision that if actually challenged on its merits will get overturned because it was ruled that MLB is not interstate commerce because games are played at a fixed location. It's why the MLBPA doesn't need to agree to a salary cap because they could blow up the shaky exemption at any time.
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Why wouldn't universities want to consider them employees? So many university students are already employees and they even count them in the total dead count of staffers to students.

The decision in Alston over turned the Brown U. case which created a special class for research and teaching assistants, so Alston already undercut any ability for universities not to consider them employees.
 
auror said:
Along with the anti trust exemption thing, it's also because professional sports recognizes that their athletes are employees and the NCAA refuses to do so. That allows them to collectively bargain.
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My guess is 95% of athletes at every college in the United States are not even close to employees and likely don't even make a penny in NIL. But if collected bargaining were to make sense, I'm out for it. I'm guessing it would be a problem because the other 95% of the athletes would have to be paid to.
 
Reibe actually got more minutes per game than Clingan in their Freshman years.
Reibe: 13.8 minutes, 5.9 points, 3.3 rebounds, 0.7 blocks
Clingan: 13.1 minutes, 6.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.8 blocks
Perhaps someone tapered and promised him millions but otherwise the decision lacks perspective, in my view. Both had a top senior center ahead of them their freshman year, but as a sophomore Clingan won a NC, got drafted 7th for $30 million and is achieving stardom in the NBA.
It is tough for any freshman to project how year 2 may be a different experience than year 1. That’s why it’s important to have advisors and agents that can see beyond a quick buck, and in the kid’s long term interest.
 
When a person's attitude goes sideways in work, Life, love, or even basketball, very often change is the only solution. Reibe knows we would bring in a top tier center to share the 5 spot and compete for both minutes, and a starting position, it's how it is. He may have wanted to play differently and over time Hurley would have worked that into our offense if it was effective. Look at how he used SJ at the 5, running stuff for him.

Reibe just wanted out for whatever his reasons are. He'll be good somewhere.
 
Chief00 said:
Reibe actually got more minutes per game than Clingan in their Freshman years.
Reibe: 13.8 minutes, 5.9 points, 3.3 rebounds, 0.7 blocks
Clingan: 13.1 minutes, 6.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.8 blocks
Perhaps someone tapered and promised him millions but otherwise the decision lacks perspective, in my view. Both had a top senior center ahead of them their freshman year, but as a sophomore Clingan won a NC, got drafted 7th for $30 million and is achieving stardom in the NBA.
It is tough for any freshman to project how year 2 may be a different experience than year 1. That’s why it’s important to have advisors and agents that can see beyond a quick buck, and in the kid’s long term interest.
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Clingan was also a draft prospect after that 2023 title but him and his father had the situationally appropriate perspective. This year's Team went just as far but Reibe wasn't on any of the year's Mock Boards. It's either Tampering, or his "Camp's" perspective is that his development will course correct elsewhere. Either way we should thank him for his contributions.
 
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Emoney2737 said:
He has more inside information than most people on this board
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Seriously lol. He can FaceTime anyone on our staff at anytime before midnight. Ridiculousness. He has also probably had long form conversations with the Eric's old man.
 
Chief00 said:
Reibe actually got more minutes per game than Clingan in their Freshman years.
Reibe: 13.8 minutes, 5.9 points, 3.3 rebounds, 0.7 blocks
Clingan: 13.1 minutes, 6.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.8 blocks
Perhaps someone tapered and promised him millions but otherwise the decision lacks perspective, in my view. Both had a top senior center ahead of them their freshman year, but as a sophomore Clingan won a NC, got drafted 7th for $30 million and is achieving stardom in the NBA.
It is tough for any freshman to project how year 2 may be a different experience than year 1. That’s why it’s important to have advisors and agents that can see beyond a quick buck, and in the kid’s long term interest.
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Good observation and stats.
Kinda points out Reibe’s potential. Not as good as Clingan but if Hurley brings in a beefy one-year center he could really benefit from practice and bring up those defensive numbers. Apparently his advisors don’t recognize this.
 
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