Good God Lexi is gone. Kick me. That Kid from La Crosse loved us...what the HELL Happened!!!???
Lexi Donarski entering transfer portal
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If it's anyone other than UCONN offering her 3 stacks of high society, then this is a massive failure by this staff.
Neither her or Lex looked like they were having much fun this year.
We don't run a free flowing offense. With our style of play it makes it really tough to get guards good looks, especially when you run your offense through one player.
Mods, please merge with the Bill's ball washing thread...
Wouldn’t be surprised if Fritz was the next to leave.
I had zero concern about Kane and MEM (seniors) and Vick (playing time) entering the portal. This one sucks, and it is very concerning.
I watched the Drake women in the tournament and thought at the time that many of our players would thrive in that offense. We had way too much isolation this year.
VERY CONCERNED... Hopefully this isn't coach related.
I hate saying this and it is premature, but in the NIL world, fans are migrating more and more into shareholders.. So when your blue chip pieces are leaving, questions need to be answered by the collectives.. I hate that it's come to this, but why should we give to a collective that's goal is to retain players if they can just up and leave without a feedback loop or giving us a chance to retain.
I hate saying this and it is premature, but in the NIL world, fans are migrating more and more into shareholders.. So when your blue chip pieces are leaving, questions need to be answered by the collectives.. I hate that it's come to this, but why should we give to a collective that's goal is to retain players if they can just up and leave without a feedback loop or giving us a chance to retain.
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I don’t think Bill did that enough though. Usually just at the end of the quarter/half situations. She was the best athlete on the team, she could have been utilized more often. She had a big role on the team, I’m just arguing that her role should have been even bigger.
Some here live for it.
Easily the most upset I’ve been about any Iowa State transfer. Even more so than Hunter last year.
I have been a supporter of Bill. But the team regressed this year and he’s now lost one of my favorite Cyclones. I am now pretty indifferent on his job. Any more loss and I think he needs to go, regardless of what we have coming in.
I have been a supporter of Bill. But the team regressed this year and he’s now lost one of my favorite Cyclones. I am now pretty indifferent on his job. Any more loss and I think he needs to go, regardless of what we have coming in.
For the right price, especially with a sport that runs in the red more years than not. Also the results of the Iowa football and ISU women's basketball have been on par year over year, yet there’s not the same widespread consternation.
Lexi is a senior academically, haven't seen anything that she is graduating this spring, but that could be the case and decided to move on. Just spitballing.
I think there is app that generates the generic statements posted by players who enter the portal. They are generally polite and don't say much.
Edit: You can't really expect a player to say too much. Other schools coaches likely won't be happy recruiting a player that publicly dissed her former coach and school. Best to keep those comments private.
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From the Rag article, it seems that Tommy Birch spoke to her directly. I wonder whether he asked the reason why and I struggle to believe if he didn't.
"Cyclones guard Lexi Donarski, a three-year starter and lockdown defender for Iowa State, says she has entered the transfer portal. Donarski, who has made 95 career starts, averaged 13.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per game during her three seasons in Ames."
I wasn't worried about Hunter leaving the MBB team - we know the beast called NIL in FB and MBB. I expected KF to transfer because she didn't seem happy and seemed to be underutilized (KF has been injured this season btw, hence the reason she didn't get a lot of minutes, but it would have been interesting to see how successful or not she could have been at EIU).
This is truly shocking - I don't think we have seen a transfer that is so shocking in the team.
"Cyclones guard Lexi Donarski, a three-year starter and lockdown defender for Iowa State, says she has entered the transfer portal. Donarski, who has made 95 career starts, averaged 13.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per game during her three seasons in Ames."
I wasn't worried about Hunter leaving the MBB team - we know the beast called NIL in FB and MBB. I expected KF to transfer because she didn't seem happy and seemed to be underutilized (KF has been injured this season btw, hence the reason she didn't get a lot of minutes, but it would have been interesting to see how successful or not she could have been at EIU).
This is truly shocking - I don't think we have seen a transfer that is so shocking in the team.
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