Tiger97

Royals fans I have talked to are stoked about this guy. He must be a huge human being from what I hear.

Cristobal has always been a great recruiter. How much of a coach he is can be argued.

I think he has often been given credit for others coaching guys he recruited. I guess we will see.

Wha???

Fanbase???

They get 2,000 people to a basketball game,.... maybe,.... when they are playing a good team. Up until a few years ago, they would get fewer than that to their football games.

Their decision to move up to D-1 in everything is a confusing one for this sports fan. They don't have/spend the money to support the D1 programs they have now very well. Every time they get a new coach, spending parameters are one of the first conditions that comes out.

And it's not like they were one of the biggest spenders on their football team in the lower levels, or a perennial championship contender. They don't even make their level's playoff system most years.

Guessing they determined they have to make the jump to survive.

Yes, I am. Some schools have benefited from this new Wild Wild West of unlimited transfers. I'm sure some/most of their fans may think it is great.

Curious if most college football/basketball fans think the current transfer situation needs fixing?

I do. Too many kids who attend a different school every year of their college career.

So, here's a suggestion for a new system. Doubt it would fix all the problems, but it would at least add some pain for excessive use of the new transfer rules.

First transfer - free and clear, just like now. Too many coaches lie to get kids to sign on the dotted line. I would like players to have the option to get away from a bad situation if it is the exact opposite of what they were promised. I also think kids should get a chance to move on if the coaching staff they put their trust in is shown the door.

2nd transfer - Both the team and player commit for 2 years. Gotta transfer again? Get it right this time.

3rd transfer - sit out a year before you play, like the old transfer rules.

Probably not the perfect plan, but it forces players to put more skin in the game.

I also think teams having to put up transfer fees (paid to the school the kid is leaving) to bring in new players out of the portal (kind of like Soccer clubs in Europe) would slow things down.

I would like some sort of system to reduce schools treating the Portal like some kind of farm system.

Putting some rule like no NIL deals for the first year at the new school after a transfer would also put a screeching halt to the current transfer craze.

Am I the only one who sees no way Belicheck puts up with any demands from Nico or his camp?

He has ruled out MU apparently

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Cantwell was on the radio this morning down here in SWMO.

They said he is down to 4. Is announcing on Apr. 30.

He said all the schools he is looking at have crazy good facilities. Said really all big Power 5 schools do. Said Nebraska's facilities were maybe the best, then restated all the schools had amazing, big # facilities.

Said he has not paid a ton of attention to NIL stuff. Letting his team handle that.

Going to throw interceptions for Bowling Green next year it looks like

Saw plenty of opinions from Mookie Cooper's mom over the years he was here, Don't think I remember seeing or hearing anything from Burden's mom once.

6 Ls in the last 8 games. Either the players quit caring enough or they ran out of gas and could not figure out how to overcome that.

Either reason leads to some uncomfortable, but fair, questions for the coaching staff.

It's a shame. This team has potential and had a path to a rematch with FL.

That's what should have happened.
Instead, we were outhustled and outdisciplined by an inferior team.