that was the plan until the committee saw MSU’s monster win in Spain
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Someone knows his seat is warm!
https://x.com/mizzouhoops/status/1825964801505505687?s=46&t=9MMrM6gOVy1pXVWIuEkHnw
No write in options for the Lebanese assassin Khayat?
National media always sleeping on my man.
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Last week new Michigan coach Dusty May spent a day with the Miami Heat staff, then flew to Pittsburgh to trade ideas with Utah Jazz coach Will Hardy and Charlotte Hornets assistant Josh Longstaff. May will read any book or study any basketball team’s film if he thinks it might equip him with an idea or a play or a leadership tactic.
And part of his continuing education is a podcast from two coaches most basketball fans have never heard of.
While driving to lunch last February, May listened to Olympia Milano coach Ettore Messina break down the spacing concepts in his offense. The previous week, the voice of Tokyo Hachioji Bee Trains head coach Tyler Gatlin had come through May’s speakers. The next week he would hear from former NBA head coach Stan Van Gundy.
The globe-spanning lessons came from the Slappin’ Glass Podcast, which has turned into a word-of-mouth hit for coaches at every level of the sport, four years and 201 episodes in.
“I listen to every episode,” May said. “My staff listens to just about every episode. I think a majority of college coaches probably listen to it regularly.”
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Really cool article! Have you ever listened to any of their content? I’m going to give it a try
Dusty has been on at least once.
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I’ve listened to it - I’m not sure if the hosts themselves are brilliant (They definitely know more, as former college players and current low level coaches, than any of us and clearly know enough to have conversations), but they definitely know enough to ask good questions of a really stacked roster of coaches.
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https://x.com/sam_vecenie/status/1826754108185084221?s=46&t=OMxEAgg62bsLI0mWenDZ7w
Sorry don’t like this. The sport does not need an influx of 21 year old euros
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Same deal with Big T, right? I don’t really get how or why it is allowed.
I suspect both guys will serve some sort of suspension though.
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This sport is going turn into college hockey, bunch of 25 year olds
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too many teams and not enough euros to go around to make it college hockey. But it will get pretty ridiculous, and keep more HS kids out of D1 which I don’t like
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Yeah I know, the hockey stuff is just incredibly annoying because schools basically purposely delay kids so they will be old. Luckily there’s not a jr system in place that lets cbb programs do that .
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https://x.com/mattnorlander/status/1827020477845418168?s=46&t=OMxEAgg62bsLI0mWenDZ7w
Thoughts? Sounds cool but on a practical level would never happen
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I think that offering a 5th year if you graduate in four would be more reasonable. Still provides some disincentive to transfer (easier to graduate) and definitely disincentive to transfer twice and emphasizes something important (graduating) over something less important (staying at one school).
So basically, just bringing back the COVID year if you graduate I guess?
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Yeah I agree that would be way more likely to happen but also I don’t want that at all. Well I guess it depends.
I’d want data on what percentage of guys that play 4 years don’t graduate. I don’t really want a consistent COVID year thing to keep going, and seems to me like most graduate but maybe you’re right that the double transfers are leading to fewer graduations. And then I’d need to know like a cut off- Do they need to be graduated by the end of the spring semester? Cause if you give them a couple summer terms as well then I feel like most guys could manage that but maybe not.
And then If they redshirt do they get a 6th year or is it just one or the other?
I would say that most guys graduate, and it would be a way to allow the COVID year, more or less. Not sure on all of the specifics though, seems like as simple as you have to be a graduate for the next season (summer semesters are OK).
The main impact would be a) most guys get 5th years and b) I think it would mean that if you transfer twice in undergrad, you basically are very unlikely to get a 5th year.
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Whether that rule is a good idea or not, we just saw that the one-time transfer rule collapsed the first time. One school didn’t want to follow it. I struggle to see how any meaningful eligibility rules are going to hold up in court with the way we’ve seen the last couple of years play out.
On the flip side, I think what could start happening is that nil or revenue sharing deals would be structured such that there are incentives to stay rather than leave. If you know you’re going to make more money by staying around for an additional year, you may be less interested in transferring multiple times in your career.
I still think the one-time free transfer rule was an ideal setup for the college athlete and it makes me mad that it was eliminated…
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