@RiedellAndrew@MrCatsPatrick Definitely took a considerable step back this year; book must’ve been out on him at the plate, but he looked slower defensively too. Was an unexpected regression this year for sure. Best of luck to him in the future
@DarrienStarling@sohowistexas At the departments requests, they’re phasing out fear the wave (our NIL collective) to bring it all in house. The kicker is most donors don’t trust, rightfully so, our athletic department and still want to contribute to FTW. Not a great situation
@TransferPortal@PeteNakos Getting second/third tier guys from a playoff team is a good strategy for a team like Iowa State… Best of luck Duda and stone hands Hayes!
@Guersmith Don’t agree with taking the bat out of 2 of your 3 best offensive players hands. Don’t think that’s unfair, particularly in a game that means very little. Been the same story all year though
@Guersmith Was typing it up before the double lol just happened to post on this post. The takeaway is good things can happen when you let the kids play free in a meaningless game, particularly your best offensive players (Wachs, Haas, and Johnson)
@TheTruther22@AmbroseBielecki@RiedellAndrew Absolutely. Agree wholeheartedly on Rice. They went and got a coach that succeeded with academic constraints (Tulane and Texas)… Pierce is a significantly better coach and evaluator than Uhlman
@TheTruther22@RiedellAndrew I also hate using resources as the excuse. But Tulane vs UTSA isn’t apples to apples. There’s academic standards at Tulane, none at UTSA. Tulane costs almost 100k, UTSA around 25k-30k. At Tulane, you have to be able to pay, pass, then play… in that order. Different situation