Huskerpapa

Not sure if #30 will be in the rafters, but I can't wait for the day when he comes back to be recognized 20 years from now and we get to all go bananas again. 

How would you feel if we got Milicic?

I suppose we know this for sure if Mast is actually here, able to play.   But it's doubtful he'll play.  The knee is a big problem and wasn't fixed by the December procedure.   Props to him for persisting and finishing the season.  I doubt we make the dance if he would have ended it mid-season.   I think the plan is for surgery, and the type that has him out 10-12 months.   He has a great doc, through Fred's connections.   But barring a surprise, you won't see him on court next fall. 

Seems like a good fit for Diop. Smaller conference. Bigger minutes.
 

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Great burgers; but the smell and taste of Runza's make me sick...it is the cooked cabbage thing...🤢

The cost of bling! 
Great players come at a great monetary cost.  But there can also be a cost relating to team commraderie and chemistry.   
Player A may have a lot of talent and wants to be the main dude and get the highest number of shots; but it could isolate that player from the remainder of the team...and what you get, is what we had, the first couple years under Fred.
So it becomes a high pressure, highly important balancing act when we are building the team via the portal.
We seem to be getting the right type of players as we build our roster.  But if certain players want certain $$$ or guarantees, I assume they are advised to move on.
So when I see a player we seemed to want, move on to greener pastures, my initial reaction is angst. It then dawns on me that perhaps the coaches and administration likely are fully vetting the potential roster invitee, and perhaps decided independently or mutually, that Player A best play elsewhere.

Igor
Kyle
 
After those two, I am pretty flexible.  I would maybe flex towards youth/projects/specialists.
 

My father played on the 1956-57 freshman basketball team at NWU. Plainsmen forever.

Plus, he likely will find 10 to 20 lbs of muscle within the next 6 to 24 months.

The cost of bling! 
Great players come at a great monetary cost.  But there can also be a cost relating to team commraderie and chemistry.   
Player A may have a lot of talent and wants to be the main dude and get the highest number of shots; but it could isolate that player from the remainder of the team...and what you get, is what we had, the first couple years under Fred.
So it becomes a high pressure, highly important balancing act when we are building the team via the portal.
We seem to be getting the right type of players as we build our roster.  But if certain players want certain $$$ or guarantees, I assume they are advised to move on.
So when I see a player we seemed to want, move on to greener pastures, my initial reaction is angst. It then dawns on me that perhaps the coaches and administration likely are fully vetting the potential roster invitee, and perhaps decided independently or mutually, that Player A best play elsewhere.

I sort of look at it this way; Keisei's replacement is already on the roster.  His name is BRICE WILLIAMS.

I sort of look at it this way; Keisei's replacement is already on the roster.  His name is BRICE WILLIAMS.

I sort of look at it this way; Keisei's replacement is already on the roster.  His name is BRICE WILLIAMS.

I sort of look at it this way; Keisei's replacement is already on the roster.  His name is BRICE WILLIAMS.

It's official
 

Not sure if this was taken at Lincoln County Jail or not but glad he is on board!
 
 

I sort of look at it this way; Keisei's replacement is already on the roster.  His name is BRICE WILLIAMS.

Igor
Kyle
 
After those two, I am pretty flexible.  I would maybe flex towards youth/projects/specialists.
 

Igor and Kyle.  Not that I'm begging.  Okay, I am begging.

We have moved on from Joseph.  Griffith got the nod over him.   Joseph rebounding stats poor. 

Hopefully, but these kinds of decisions are made every day at portal time.   How far to go on NIL with each player/agent, figuring out what's real, drawing a line knowing that's effectively letting a guy go.   I'm probably stating the obvious, but this is so much about money now, rather than a better fit at a new program, etc.   And on the program end, there comes a point where the price is higher than the player is good, and you have to keep some dry powder.   
 
The good news is in the play for pay era, our new AD is totally committed to that, and will overtly support 1890 until the system changes and allows direct institutional participation or changes to an employee model.   Fred is very pleased with Dannen so far.   Fred has almost double what he had to work with on the pay players budget from a year ago.  We're all in on the current system.
 
We're really trying to get a visit from Payne, but the NIL demands are very, very high.  We're getting a visit from Essigian, assuming he doesn't commit to Indiana on his visit there.   Kyle supposed to come next weekend but concerned about Wake giving him a huge number, like they did Sallis.  

We don't need to sell our soul or completely change course, but we do need to get more athletic to successfully compete on an ongoing basis.   It's not an all or nothing thing.

Igor and Kyle.  Not that I'm begging.  Okay, I am begging.

Igor and Kyle.  Not that I'm begging.  Okay, I am begging.

Maybe we can find another Lincoln player that wants to come home...