Then we have a good chunk of money for someone else. I hate losing him, but we can't do anything about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by 38843dawg
What's our big board look like?
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Then we have a good chunk of money for someone else. I hate losing him, but we can't do anything about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by 38843dawg
What's our big board look like?
One of either Melvin Council Jr or Tayton Connerway, Maliq Ewin, Corey Washington, and Sam Walters. Everyone else we're mentioned with are below those 5 guysQuote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
795k was the minimum salary for a rookie in the nfl in 2024, not the average.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goldendawg
Keyshawn Murphy to Auburn. He will be good for Bruce Pearl and I hate it!
Nico put himself in a dumb position by not fulfilling his NIL obligations and UT called him on it. But they only get to look like innocents for a minute. It?s already being floated around that they are willing to pay $4 mill next year to poach someone else?s QB with names on their wishlist like Haynes King and Sam Leavitt being floated aroundQuote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
You think we have a shot at any of these guys?Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Yep. Sucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by NCMSTFAN
I am definitely a bit concerned about next years team now that Murphy is gone. Hubbard, Jones and Warren seem to be the only 3 returning with Kugel, Murphy and Nwoko all gone. I see we have 4 freshman commits in which 3 of them are 4 start players, but it will be tough starting a lot of freshmen. Anyone have a good link where we can see who we landed in the portal?
Has it went up that much since Dak was a rookie? I think his 4th round contract was worth $3 Mil total so that would be more than that for an undrafted free agent.Quote:
Originally Posted by sleepy dawg
We'll get one of Council or Connerway. I feel pretty confident that if we pushed Washington he would commit. No clue on the other two.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowbeller
Yes, it goes up a good bit every year. 2025 minimum is 840k. It's expected to be over a million minimum by 2029.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe
Murphy to Auburn
I posted earlier..... sucks. Watch him go average 18 and 10 for Pearl.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Speaking of that, how do we feel about Jans player development for the next level? Ultimately every College kid wants to play in the NBA. Tolu is our only NBA guy right now (he had 14 points and 8 rebounds the other night with the Pistons) But Tolu was a Howland recruit.
Honestly, Jans's style isn't very conducive to producing NBA players. It appears that his approach this year is to go back to what he's more comfortable with, which is a defense first team that is more opportunistic on offense than prolific.Quote:
Originally Posted by NCMSTFAN
He won't. He's not going to get a whole lot of touches in their offense. They need a traditional post and he's not that. Which is so funny because him being asked to play the 5 here was one of the reasons he said he was going to get in the portal.Quote:
Originally Posted by NCMSTFAN
I agree and this can hurt us in recruiting. Every kid wants to play for a coach who puts players in the NBA. Im not sure if Jans has any NBA guys as a Head Coach. He is more of a system coach, not a player development coach. And if he does revert back to defensive first type coach, it's hard to convince top talent to come in and play tough nosed defense as a recruiting pitch. Throwing NIL money at them does help but that money only goes so far and their agents are letting them know that.Quote:
Originally Posted by KB21
Yea I was a little sarcastic when I said that but I do think Pearl can get more out of Murphy than Jans did if given the minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Well we don't ever have to discuss whether Purcell or Jans can get more out of someone else's players. *****
Yep, for apparently north of 2.5 mil. We just can't compete when it's an all out bidding war and that's what football and basketball has become to get top.quality players.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
I would never pay $2,5 m for Murphy.
Ever
2.5 million is crazy talk if that's true. College sports are broken
That's a vast understatement. I mean Nwoku got nearly 1 mil from LSU for a guy that averaged like 5 points and 3 rebounds so why not 2.5 mil for Murphy. That's the kind of out of control environment we are dealing with.Quote:
Originally Posted by civildawg
We offered 1.5MM. Hubb has an offer similar to Murph?s Auburn deal from us now. So yea we can play the game
All I know is we just got outbid by $1M on one of our top 2 players and a guy that we really wanted to keep. So yea, we are playing but at a whole different level than the top programs.Quote:
Originally Posted by BankerDog
I think we need to spend basketball money on baseball and football and rent the hump out for concerts. There is no ROI here.
I would rather see us spend 1.5M on a legit Friday night starting pitcher than on a role player in basketball. This is so stupid
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Originally Posted by Cowbell
Not I
Yes. Yet another example of a bigger school taking something we want because they have more money.Quote:
Originally Posted by maroonmania
Save the $2.5 M for Kamari Taylor next year.
I wonder if Auburn has a group that pony up the money or is it the same booster(s) from football.
It looks like we are going to have to rely on the freshmen this year. This portal class is shaping up to be a pretty big disappointment. Skilled offensive players dont want to play in Jans system. And when you have a guy on the team that takes 75 percent of the shots its pretty understandable why.
Are we gonna get anyone?
Absolutely not. No roi in baseball and we are terrible in baseball. Plus the regular fan can only get sro tickets. Put that money in a sport that generates revenue especially nowQuote:
Originally Posted by Cowbell
Agree!!Quote:
Originally Posted by TheLostDawg
- Pay QBs big money .
Pay elite basketball big money
Pay starting pitchers big money
Don?t pay mid basketball players big money.
We have to be smart. What wins? QBs win. Pitching wins. Pay them.
Im disappointed that we offered Murphy $1.5m. Not close to worth it. He?s worth max $700k. Absolute max.
Who is making these decisions? That is a problem.
We are talented in baseball and are probably about to get into the regional and do well.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheLostDawg
We are not terrible.
Most successful program on campus by far. Last season we made the round of 32- something basketball hasnt done in a generationQuote:
Originally Posted by TheLostDawg
The market determines worth and to Auburn he?s worth $2.5 mil.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheewgumm
We can try to moneyball it but the staff better be A+ overlooked talent evaluators if going that route
yeah Pearl is one of the best coaches in the country and wanted Murphy. Murphy's 3-ball gets better before next season- he will be hell to deal with
Then add to it- Jan didnt want to lose Murphy. We offered as much as we could.