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Post by Yotes on Apr 13, 2021 20:45:02 GMT -6
And it a similar vein, did anyone notice that David Jenkins will now be playing for Craig Smith at Utah? I wish someone had told me this 3 years ago so that I could have them committed to an insane asylum.
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Post by Coyote Fan on Apr 14, 2021 1:29:06 GMT -6
I typically don't root for other teams just because a USD player happens to transfer there but I will say that I made an exception for Matt Mooney and Texas Tech. I really liked Mooney as a player and a human when he was with USD. I liked his interviews and his fondness of USD. I liked how he showed emotion on the court and really showed his passion. Those are the types of guys I root for. I don't hold resentment towards others that transfer out as that is their choice. Typically I just kind of forget about them but in no way wish them ill will. For some reason so many people tend to hate on Craig Smith. I have no idea why. He may have been the best coach in the last 50 years of Coyote basketball. He did what was best for his career. I think it is mainly jealousy.
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Post by GoYotes on Apr 20, 2021 18:44:34 GMT -6
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Post by lynn on Apr 20, 2021 22:04:53 GMT -6
Nice get. Solid scorer and promising player. Way to go Yotes!!
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Post by coyotecrazie5 on Apr 22, 2021 16:08:59 GMT -6
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Post by yoteforever on Apr 23, 2021 8:04:49 GMT -6
Why is this posted?
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Post by Yote 53 on Apr 23, 2021 8:07:39 GMT -6
Transfer from North Dakota to Iowa. Relevant because it's in-conference.
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Post by yoteforever on Apr 23, 2021 8:10:01 GMT -6
Didn’t recognize the name or significance. Thx
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Post by Yote 53 on Apr 23, 2021 8:13:59 GMT -6
This is where I speak out that the transfer portal is ruining college sports. I have waning interest in watching college athletics that is being treated like professional sports. If I want to watch pro athletes I'll watch the NFL, MLB, NHL, or NBA...the best, and I used to love college sports. I'm your target demographic and, literally, one of the financial supporters that pays for your college scholarships. You start losing me and people like me and college sports will collapse.
Just had this conversation with a co-worker and like she said, "that's the way the world is going." True, but that doesn't mean I have to support it.
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Post by fightsd on Apr 23, 2021 12:33:41 GMT -6
This is where I speak out that the transfer portal is ruining college sports. I have waning interest in watching college athletics that is being treated like professional sports. If I want to watch pro athletes I'll watch the NFL, MLB, NHL, or NBA...the best, and I used to love college sports. I'm your target demographic and, literally, one of the financial supporters that pays for your college scholarships. You start losing me and people like me and college sports will collapse. Just had this conversation with a co-worker and like she said, "that's the way the world is going." True, but that doesn't mean I have to support it. Truth. Basketball is already too far gone. When the best players in the country all play for one season before they declare for the draft, or players can just jump from team to team. It's hard to even get into it. I won't watch Kentucky, Duke, UNC, etc because you know they are all just one-and-done guys. How are you supposed to follow a team when the roster turns over every season like that? Football is starting to get that way as well, unfortunately. I hate that you can declare early and forego your senior season but at least it's better than playing one season and then leaving. The part I am REALLY tired of is the guys that 'hold out' of the end of the season or the bowl games to prepare for the draft. That should be a knock on a player to a scout, IMO.
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Post by kiyoat on Apr 23, 2021 13:10:40 GMT -6
Yeah, unfortunately, our old punching bag (the NCAA) has less control over that stuff (the one-and-done and early declare guys) than the NFL and NBA that created that system. It behooves those pro leagues to use the NCAA as a farm system. Because there are no similarly-paying alternatives, they can kind-of do what they want.
The NBA could end the "one-and-done" stuff by simply changing their policy. Same with the NFL. I wish they would. If a guy is good enough to play pro out of High School, he should be able to do that instead of pretending he gives a rat's @ss about being a student-athlete for a year or three. JMO
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Post by coyotecrazie5 on Apr 23, 2021 14:34:24 GMT -6
I get why the rules are changing and I am all for the athletes getting a cut for their likeness. It sucks as a fan as it is harder to follow and be a fan of individual players. It feels as if as a mid major we are essentially a minor league system to the P5 teams. Having to sit out a year deterred a lot of that. We just have to live with the current environment and I believe that means as a mid major, coaches will need to look at doing the same as the P5 schools and poach the top D2 players that developed a little later. That is if those players don't also get a P5 offer like Fox out of Northern. Wild times.
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Post by Yotes on Apr 23, 2021 16:08:34 GMT -6
Give FBS a meaningful postseason and you wouldn't see kids opt out. It doesn't happen in basketball or FCS.
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Post by wrj on May 8, 2021 19:31:29 GMT -6
The best way to counter this is to create the best possible culture where students want to go to and stay at South Dakota. It seems like SDSU doesn't have a big problem with players transferring out. So why did Daum stay at SDSU but the Coyotes couldn't keep Mooney or Umude. Maybe it is just the luck of the draw. I think you are right on the mark here. This could have been one of those lengthy posts that you used to be famous for writing. The bottom line is that the student athlete's priorities must match the school. This is where you could have sat back and expounded on many categories of these priorities. You could have mentioned or described a great many things, including academics including majors which would meet either rigorous or slack goals, coaching, the bar a restaurant scene, political views (but please don't), religious affiliation or opportunity, the arts, urban vs rural society, weather, recreational priorities, ethnic mix, gender mix, opportunities to play in front of family, facilities, etc. I am pretty sure that CF and I agree that you have to match the student athletes with the program, and that includes a lot of broad topics. Some, like coaching staff and athletic department philosophy can be controlled or changed. You can't do much about geography or the climate.
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Post by gopheryote on May 10, 2021 7:27:42 GMT -6
The best way to counter this is to create the best possible culture where students want to go to and stay at South Dakota. It seems like SDSU doesn't have a big problem with players transferring out. So why did Daum stay at SDSU but the Coyotes couldn't keep Mooney or Umude. Maybe it is just the luck of the draw. I think you are right on the mark here. This could have been one of those lengthy posts that you used to be famous for writing. The bottom line is that the student athlete's priorities must match the school. This is where you could have sat back and expounded on many categories of these priorities. You could have mentioned or described a great many things, including academics including majors which would meet either rigorous or slack goals, coaching, the bar a restaurant scene, political views (but please don't), religious affiliation or opportunity, the arts, urban vs rural society, weather, recreational priorities, ethnic mix, gender mix, opportunities to play in front of family, facilities, etc. I am pretty sure that CF and I agree that you have to match the student athletes with the program, and that includes a lot of broad topics. Some, like coaching staff and athletic department philosophy can be controlled or changed. You can't do much about geography or the climate. I get what you guys are saying, and fit does matter. But I think you are way off base here. Look at these pictures below. I don't for a second think that Umude leaving is to be criticized. Like many people, he is going to grad school to prepare him for his dream job - pro hoops. I didn't go to grad school at the same place as undergrad - why should they? WRJ is right that the student's priorities must match the school - and the SL isn't a natural or easy path for his current priority. Are you going to mock/shun Abmas for trying to go pro too? Is that a dig on ORU? It isn't always a positive that kids stay put (and help your school win games) - they university is there to provide opportunities. Look at Chisom - stayed in school and graduated, now will look to play one more year somewhere and get a grad degree. That should be celebrated IMHO. Even if that means the Yotes might win fewer games. Someone can do the math, but USD, SDSU, NDSU, etc. all have about the same number of transfers each year. And don't get me started on Daum. I don't know all the personal things in play (I think he was injured too), but as a fringe NBA player, I think his decision to stay his final year hurt his prospects. But I guess you want me to believe that the only thing that matters is that SDSU won more games since he stayed that year, so who cares, right?
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