This is the point. Most freshman aren’t going to play on good teams. But they want the money at big schools. Kids need to understand there sitting for a couple of years. They also need to understand there not as good as older guys now. They will be older guys someday. But not willing to wait there turn on good teams
Omaha enters the transfer portal (confirmed)
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There is always going to be some trial and errors with TJ's recruiting. He's not necessarily looking for the most talented players, he is looking for an exact fit to his puzzle. I am sorry Omaha wasn't that puzzle piece, he seems like a great kid. I trust what TJ is building and I love that he is very honest with the players. I hope Watson will be back and I hope he will work his ass off in the off season. The talent and athleticism is there, he needs to be more assertive. Milan needs to work hard in the weight room and on his footwork.
Will be rooting for him. Seems like a good guy, too bad it didn't work out here.
The previous era of transfer restrictions without compensation, while players also being cut annually was example of how regulation and rules can be bad- a corrupt market.
The real regulators are stepping in and forcing actual market regulation. We’re much more likely to get successful correction now. Want players to stay more than one year, but be able to cut them early? Get it in a contract that compensates them for not being employees
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If it's a situation where we'd be happy to keep and develop Omaha, but can't give him the NIL resources he thinks he deserves - and it's easy to imagine he thinks he's worth much more than we do - that is a different matter. It would still be a shame to see him leave but that would be understandable.
Was there another 5 star who's game was that limited this year?
DeVries needs players now not in a year or two. If he ends up in WV he'll either play and they won't be very good or he sit on the bench like he did this year. WV fans see McD All American and think they are stealing something from us. He'll take NIL money with no payout, then check their board. I like Omaha, hope I'm wrong.
He was, but Sophomore and Junior Fizer was >>> Freshman Fizer.
I agree with you. I don’t know if Otz tells them outright they won’t play or leaves it up to the players to decide if they feel they can improve enough to warrant playing time over the players coming in. Seems like he gave Jones and Ward the option to decide for themselves based on TV commentators.
Interesting time. If you are top 150 HS player, do you take NIL money and risk sitting at high major or go to lower level where you can get playing time? If you prove yourself, the NIL market would be much better.
I was talking about Fizer when I said he would have never made it to year 3. He would have definitely went portaling after his freshman or sophomore year to some SEC team that gave him huge NIL money. There's no way he would have went through 2 bad seasons like he did then stay for our Elite 8 run in the current landscape.
Omaha was never going to be at ISU for more than one season no matter how things played out.
These type of departures, mutual or otherwise, were much more negative in previous era imo.
With inducement/NIL, it’s a business decision for both sides. We need to spend our money wisely. We can’t give him what others may be willing.
And players need to get PT to get paid. We can’t give Hamilton or Omaha on-the-job training minutes they need to get paid in future
Previously a lack of playing time for underclassmen was a negative, now it’s a bad business transaction.
That was a dilemma pre NIL too. If you are a top 150 HS player, do you go risk sitting at a high major, or go to a lower level where you can get playing time.
No it’s not. Any good coach will always try to recruit the best players possible.
The days of getting kids to sign out of high school, sit on the bench for a few years and then get playing time is over. The portal has become as important as recruiting them out of the high school. If a kid is a 4/5-star player coming out and is not getting playing time, most are going to leave and look for a place to play. We are going to see roster turnover like this at most schools, young kids that are not seeing the floor and do not want to wait around to play down the road. Some of this is Covid related and giving all those players an extra year, it caused a bottleneck of young talent players not getting time because the older players are getting it. The portal is not going away, the good coaches realize that and will be looking to add a couple of kids a year to shore up weaknesses on their roster.
Correct. Rules are always bad we should have none AND bad rules are good are BOTH stupid statements. Make rules that make sense for the most situations and work to make them better. Right now, we have practically no rules and many, if not most of the individuals in this process are being hurt by that fact.
I think we are probably on the same page. This is a business and has been for years. We need to admit that we have employees and be more transparent in their compensation and benefits packages.
TJ Power from Duke, Elmarko Jackson at Kansas, Xavier Booker Michigan State.
