For all the huge fans of the 96 team (like me), it will feel great to have a Dampier on the team.
I know it?s not bringing it back but it would feel like it at least a little.
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For all the huge fans of the 96 team (like me), it will feel great to have a Dampier on the team.
I know it?s not bringing it back but it would feel like it at least a little.
It's going to be awhile- he will just be a Soph this year
Yeah. Isaac Stansbury might be our Head Coach by the time "little" Dampier Signs. 😂😂😂
Nah.....Jan's will still be here (hopefully).Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainObvious
I don't think there's any real chance he will come to State. He will be able to go anywhere he wants with a fat NIL deal.
Damp has known and is friends with our money guys for a long damn time. We've been working on this since 1994Quote:
Originally Posted by gtowndawg
Good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Dampier and Richard Rula are tight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
They are but that's not who he was talking about. He's talking about Oscar. Our other big money basketball guy outside of Richard.Quote:
Originally Posted by somebodyshotmypaw
Yep. He has an offer from Purdue also and that list is only going to grow. Little chance he comes to State only because we won't be able to pay enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by gtowndawg
Complete BSQuote:
Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton
Money wont be the reason he goes somewhere else. Damp is worth 8 figures. If he goes somewhere else- it will be because they feel like Duke/Kentucky or whomever will put a better team around him
Thanks for making my point. We can't pay him enough to offset the opportunity to win something elsewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Sorry Charlie- thats not the case at all. Like our midget scorer that currently plays for us- we can build a team around Damp's kid that makes him the star and the showcase. Damp knows his kid at State will be treated like royalty, paid well, and given every chance to show his skills for the NBA. Rula's kid and his teammate- David and he are close friends.Quote:
Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton
We wont lose the kid over money. It will be that he just wants to be at a Blue Blood
We're saying the same thing it seems. We can make him a star in our own microcosm but he can win championships elsewhere. It's going to be difficult to outbid that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
This generation of basketball players and other sports as well dont really care about winning a title. Winning to them is getting paid. Whether from the school or advertising. There are HS teams that have their team slogan as "Get Paid"Quote:
Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton
Most would rather average 20 PPG and be the team's focus while ending in the 1st round of the NCAA Tourney than be the 6th man at Kentucky and make the Elite 8
I understand what you're saying. But there is a monetary value in exposure. And we simply can't match the exposure of a Blue Blood and a championship caliber team. I hope you're right and legacy trumps that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Being a legacy, being treated like royalty, being paid handsomely, being "the guy", and if you win - a lifetime certificate of being king. Versus being a jag even winning the natty at kentucky / duke.Quote:
Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton
Have Tanner Allen talk to him about being the guy forever.
This discussion assumes he's actually good enough to play for a Blue Blood. Otherwise why do we want him. Just because he's a legacy? If we're not in it to actually compete, meaning we can't afford to, then shut down the sport and use the money for football.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tater
those who have seen him play do in fact know.