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Post by diehardexplorer on Mar 19, 2024 16:56:52 GMT -5
I don't think anybody is arguing it's a positive. geez, i'm agreeing with you too.  |
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Post by explorer88 on Mar 19, 2024 16:59:42 GMT -5
I don't think anybody is arguing it's a positive. Yeah, just the reality of things today. I am seeing all of these mid major players who were the top players in their program get in the portal almost immediately after they have the year-end meetings with their coaches. Lunatic is right. It sucks and it is ruining college athletics. Not just for La Salle but others above La Salle in the pecking order. No idea how this all ends. |
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Mar 19, 2024 17:12:34 GMT -5
I don't think anybody is arguing it's a positive. Yeah, just the reality of things today. I am seeing all of these mid major players who were the top players in their program get in the portal almost immediately after they have the year-end meetings with their coaches. Lunatic is right. It sucks and it is ruining college athletics. Not just for La Salle but others above La Salle in the pecking order. No idea how this all ends. It's not a happy ending. If I replace Explorer Steve as the board wacko, so be it. We went from one end of the spectrum to the wild wild west, without any adjustment period. The pendulum has yet to find its center. People want to get on me about the Drame twins. I don't want to see anybody leave, but going to another A10 team wreaks of fishy business. Was Dambrot recruiting in the handshake line of the A10 tourney? That's the first thing that comes to mind. What kind of ethical lines were crossed by Duquesne? Where's the code in all of this. I may be a 40 year old dinosaur, but these are fair questions. |
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Post by MisterD on Mar 19, 2024 17:18:15 GMT -5
Is it fair to ask why you think this is such an awful thing for us? We finished a game under .500 with 6 wins in-conference, something we've proven the ability to do over and over before kids started getting paid. The Mountain West just put 6 teams into the tourney versus 3 for the big east (including Villanova's $7MM transfer + coach budget). You're screaming the sky is falling but there's no evidence it actually is, its just different and that different is to the massive benefit of the kids who create the entire product.
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Post by giveansk1 on Mar 19, 2024 17:53:21 GMT -5
I don't think anybody is arguing it's a positive. Ok perhaps I am misunderstanding some posts. |
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Post by theneumann64 on Mar 19, 2024 18:06:07 GMT -5
Yeah, just the reality of things today. I am seeing all of these mid major players who were the top players in their program get in the portal almost immediately after they have the year-end meetings with their coaches. Lunatic is right. It sucks and it is ruining college athletics. Not just for La Salle but others above La Salle in the pecking order. No idea how this all ends. It's not a happy ending. If I replace Explorer Steve as the board wacko, so be it. We went from one end of the spectrum to the wild wild west, without any adjustment period. The pendulum has yet to find its center. People want to get on me about the Drame twins. I don't want to see anybody leave, but going to another A10 team wreaks of fishy business. Was Dambrot recruiting in the handshake line of the A10 tourney? That's the first thing that comes to mind. What kind of ethical lines were crossed by Duquesne? Where's the code in all of this. I may be a 40 year old dinosaur, but these are fair questions. It just seems like you’re taking it incredibly personally with these 2 guys who, by the way, were only here in the first place because they left another school. I agree with you that this current environment probably isn’t sustainable for long, but I don’t fault the individual players, and I certainly don’t want to hear it from guys like Saban who became grotesquely rich coaching these kids. |
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Post by calsufan on Mar 19, 2024 20:10:31 GMT -5
Yeah, just the reality of things today. I am seeing all of these mid major players who were the top players in their program get in the portal almost immediately after they have the year-end meetings with their coaches. Lunatic is right. It sucks and it is ruining college athletics. Not just for La Salle but others above La Salle in the pecking order. No idea how this all ends. It's not a happy ending. If I replace Explorer Steve as the board wacko, so be it. We went from one end of the spectrum to the wild wild west, without any adjustment period. The pendulum has yet to find its center. People want to get on me about the Drame twins. I don't want to see anybody leave, but going to another A10 team wreaks of fishy business. Was Dambrot recruiting in the handshake line of the A10 tourney? That's the first thing that comes to mind. What kind of ethical lines were crossed by Duquesne? Where's the code in all of this. I may be a 40 year old dinosaur, but these are fair questions. I hate to burst your bubble, but Explorer Steve has a Bruno Sammartino hammerlock on that title. |
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Post by calsufan on Mar 19, 2024 20:12:14 GMT -5
I don't think anybody is arguing it's a positive. geez, i'm agreeing with you too.  |
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Mar 19, 2024 21:28:59 GMT -5
It's not a happy ending. If I replace Explorer Steve as the board wacko, so be it. We went from one end of the spectrum to the wild wild west, without any adjustment period. The pendulum has yet to find its center. People want to get on me about the Drame twins. I don't want to see anybody leave, but going to another A10 team wreaks of fishy business. Was Dambrot recruiting in the handshake line of the A10 tourney? That's the first thing that comes to mind. What kind of ethical lines were crossed by Duquesne? Where's the code in all of this. I may be a 40 year old dinosaur, but these are fair questions. I hate to burst your bubble, but Explorer Steve has a Bruno Sammartino hammerlock on that title. i wasn't on here for the legendary Explorer Steve I have heard mentioned, but mad props on the Bruno Sammartino reference. |
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Post by MisterD on Mar 19, 2024 21:46:15 GMT -5
Coach D could tell you alllllll about that guy.
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Post by explorerman on Mar 19, 2024 22:14:36 GMT -5
I’m watching a former D2 player destroy Virginia.. there are players out there that can be had
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Post by walkon on Mar 20, 2024 4:24:29 GMT -5
Said a third way, if Drexel had called me after my sophomore year and offered a full scholarship and like $20K spending money, I would have had to be out the door. It would have been wildly irresponsible to my family not to. To look down on Drame for getting paid but not playing as much is as close to objectively wrong as you can get on a subjective debate. i had no problem with the twins taking the money. that was life changing money for them and their family back in mali. What kind of money did a small school like Duquesne offer those guys? They play hard, but it couldn’t have been much. |
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Post by lasallejohn on Mar 20, 2024 4:42:04 GMT -5
I’m watching a former D2 player destroy Virginia.. there are players out there that can be had Jon Crispin talked about this during the UAB-Temple final. Of course you’re gonna lose competing against the Dukes and Carolinas, but there is still a ton of talent. |
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Mar 20, 2024 6:39:31 GMT -5
i had no problem with the twins taking the money. that was life changing money for them and their family back in mali. What kind of money did a small school like Duquesne offer those guys? They play hard, but it couldn’t have been much. 30K per Drame. |
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Post by calsufan on Mar 20, 2024 10:04:58 GMT -5
What kind of money did a small school like Duquesne offer those guys? They play hard, but it couldn’t have been much. 30K per Drame. I thought I had read early on (on this board no less) that it was $70K each? |
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Mar 20, 2024 10:13:05 GMT -5
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Post by MisterD on Mar 20, 2024 11:14:07 GMT -5
I know, I know, its serious ...
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Post by diehardexplorer on Mar 20, 2024 12:44:17 GMT -5
even tommy gardler is looking. geez.
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Mar 20, 2024 13:06:32 GMT -5
even tommy gardler is looking. geez. Is he a walk on? |
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Post by kinesiology on Mar 20, 2024 13:25:17 GMT -5
even tommy gardler is looking. geez. Never understood his decision to come to La Salle. Looked like he was a decent D2 player. |
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Post by diehardexplorer on Mar 20, 2024 13:39:04 GMT -5
even tommy gardler is looking. geez. Is he a walk on? yes |
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Mar 20, 2024 14:09:47 GMT -5
I'm surprised that walk ons even have to enter the portal.
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Post by crayzeeguy on Mar 20, 2024 14:16:08 GMT -5
He did just get awarded a scholarship in January. |
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Post by blueandgold on Mar 20, 2024 14:19:28 GMT -5
even tommy gardler is looking. geez. Never understood his decision to come to La Salle. Looked like he was a decent D2 player. I meant to snap pic at final Gola game, but I was sitting behind a couple fans holding a sign honoring Gardler on one side, and the other side said Uncle Fran the GOAT of coaching. Does that mean they’re blood related? No idea. I’m going off a poster board I happened to see a few weeks ago. |
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Post by diehardexplorer on Mar 20, 2024 14:26:21 GMT -5
He did just get awarded a scholarship in January. it was only for this school year. maybe even just the second semester. if he came back here for grad school, he would not be on scholarship. tommy is a good player, not your typical walk-on. hopefully he can find a d2 school that will give him a scholarship for his grad school year. he could help a lot of teams. |
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Post by diehardexplorer on Mar 20, 2024 14:27:31 GMT -5
Never understood his decision to come to La Salle. Looked like he was a decent D2 player. I meant to snap pic at final Gola game, but I was sitting behind a couple fans holding a sign honoring Gardler on one side, and the other side said Uncle Fran the GOAT of coaching. Does that mean they’re blood related? No idea. I’m going off a poster board I happened to see a few weeks ago. no, not related, but his grandpop buddy and the whole gardler family go back a long way with dunph. |
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Post by crayzeeguy on Mar 20, 2024 14:31:11 GMT -5
I meant to snap pic at final Gola game, but I was sitting behind a couple fans holding a sign honoring Gardler on one side, and the other side said Uncle Fran the GOAT of coaching. Does that mean they’re blood related? No idea. I’m going off a poster board I happened to see a few weeks ago. no, not related, but his grandpop buddy and the whole gardler family go back a long way with dunph. Speedy and Bud Gardler were also very close. Bud also gave Martelli his first job. Philly basketball is a tight community. |
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Post by diehardexplorer on Mar 20, 2024 14:37:28 GMT -5
What kind of money did a small school like Duquesne offer those guys? They play hard, but it couldn’t have been much. 30K per Drame. duquesne has a pretty substantial nil fund, and it's going to get bigger once they name dru joyce the head coach after their season is over. |
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Post by giveansk1 on Mar 20, 2024 14:54:10 GMT -5
To the surprise of no one, Brantley is officially in portal. This has been expected since January.
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Post by explorer88 on Mar 20, 2024 14:59:36 GMT -5
Well, If I am Dunphy not much for me to do but rebuild again. I have 2 signed and need re-recruit who I can and also find other recruits to elevate the program.
Job for a 75 year old man to want? I don't see it. I think he is done. Doesn't need this headache. He helped La Salle get the arena done and now I say to Dunph......coach you have done enough. Enjoy retirement if you have any shred of doubt you want to do this anymore.
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