Cole Benjamin

Sports, music, life thoughts / livin’ life like a transfer portal / 815➡️Illini➡️Sun Devils➡️Huskies / PhD from JUCO 🏀 & a few coaching trips around the ☀️

[Cole Benjamin @ColeBenjaminH]

@Martin91085 And before the NIU fan boys throw all these potential names at me…time is money & money is time…that’s the new way of college sports. Take the guess work out, capitalize on the momentum recruiting & be efficient. If the arrow isn’t pointing up by yr 3, then move on.

[Cole Benjamin @ColeBenjaminH]

@Martin91085 If smart & given the landscape, the front office at NIU should treat this as yr 1 of a rebuild. Fresh staff, new vibes, some re-org on the admin side. As a pro franchise would do, take the interim tag off, make him the head coach the wk before the opener, 3yr deal, go from there

[Cole Benjamin @ColeBenjaminH]

Facts

[Dan Furman @Dan_Furman]

Bottom line: Time is money. If a school or a collective offers a kid a million dollars, they shouldn't have to wait 15 days for them to pose in 4 more jerseys.

Cut the fluff. Limit the visits.

What’s your take?👇

[Cole Benjamin @ColeBenjaminH]

@burziyech And I get you’re likely making light of it but still let the man be.

[Cole Benjamin @ColeBenjaminH]

@burziyech Nick…come on you’re a smart guy. common sense (without looking up what that is specifically) would tell you he’s primarily at a GM conference / forum…QB part is likely a section of it. Wouldn’t shock me if he’s boosting his portfolio to maybe transition to the front office

[William Payne @TweetsbyCoachP]

I’ve never known of a group of parents that banded together to get a high still coach fired, whose kids went on to have good college careers, or even really play in college for that matter.

[Cole Benjamin @ColeBenjaminH]

And yes prep schools are privately funded, rely on endowments & tuition, etc. but there likely is some gov. involvement even if it’s minor.

[Cole Benjamin @ColeBenjaminH]

He’s right but it won’t happen…at least not in a timely manner. The city would find a way to tank it bc it wouldn’t be beneficial for CPS, the state likely wouldn’t want to help find the right place bc…well we all see how things work here.

[Jeremy Werner @JWerner247]

Just make a prep powerhouse out of Illinois talent already.

[Cole Benjamin @ColeBenjaminH]

@Betsycashmoney I state all of this of course acknowledging Pat takes a chunk of that for himself too, however I do believe it’s not reported in true context of how that $60 mil is dispersed and how it’s spent

[Cole Benjamin @ColeBenjaminH]

@Betsycashmoney Believe you can also find a quote from Big Cat regarding PMT & why the Netflix deal / move was important to them. Allowed them to pay their staff more & add to it versus the traditional, free over YouTube model.

[Cole Benjamin @ColeBenjaminH]

@CurryHicksSage PMT also talked about the same thing when they did the Netflix deal. Believe Big Cat said “this allows us to pay our guys more & helps grow our staff” vs traditional YouTube

[Cole Benjamin @ColeBenjaminH]

@CurryHicksSage I believe (and Pat’s actually talked about it on the show) the number that gets thrown out there is for his brand / company not entirely for Pat himself. So $60 million for his show which he then obviously pays his guys etc. think it’s more complex then Stephen A’s deal

[Cole Benjamin @ColeBenjaminH]

And people wonder why many of us slam the NCAA on a consistent basis. Yes this was 12 years ago but that alone shows how outdated & out of touch many of their “by-laws” were. Never forget Ohio State’s fball infractions totaled less than $500 when it was all said & done

[RedditCFB @RedditCFB]

In 2014, South Carolina Football received a minor infraction from the NCAA because this cookie cake had impermissible icing on it.

[Cole Benjamin @ColeBenjaminH]

💯⬇️

[Maricopa AD @CopaAthletics]

After almost a year as an AD, the insight I can give anyone involved in athletics to make their life easier…

As a parent, child is #1, team is #2

As a coach, team is #1, child is #2

As a coach, team is #1, dept is #2

As an AD, dept is #1, teams&child #2

This causes conflict

[Cole Benjamin @ColeBenjaminH]

@beyoundhope @EddieAG_ Fellas hard to be a university sponsor when there is no Ag program at NIU. Nothing, zero Ag related degrees at NIU…no ag science, no ag business, etc etc. all one can get is some certificate which is very broad. Based on this why would they engage corp $

[Cole Benjamin @ColeBenjaminH]

@Martin91085 @NIUHuskie2021 @NIUAthletics I have a very close connection who worked for adidas & now Nike…NIU isn’t getting a bigger deal bc they went to the MW. That’s not how this works. It’s pretty much all about the big players (Tenn. Ohio St. Oregon Penn St. ASU Tech etc.) & everyone else gets what they get

[Cole Benjamin @ColeBenjaminH]

And I’m not anti-prep school btw but I do believe they are starting to get misused. more are popping up that by name are a prep school but reality is they just play & take online classes in a one room building

[Cole Benjamin @ColeBenjaminH]

@GottliebShow can u explain why saving prep schools matter? Bc let’s be honest not all of them are legit & truly serve an academic / athletic purpose collectively. many r becoming a place for a kid to go bc parents have the $ & think if they get 1 more yr to develop they’ll be D1

[Doug Gottlieb @GottliebShow]

Prep schools were saved today

[Tom Fornelli @TomFornelli]

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