Audi Crooks to Transfer

Wow, if I was someone on the ISU team that played with her I'd be pissed seeing a quote like that. Tone deaf and basically throwing her teammates under the bus by essentially saying she needs teammates that can knock down shots. She didn't directly say that was the problem this year but a statement like that is basically saying it.

And what the hell has she been working on for the past 3 years if she is just now saying she needs to work on more outside range and be better defensively? The defense especially we all knew was an issue going back to her HS days and I thought this past season was some of the worst effort on that end I've seen her play at ISU. Those quotes along with all the players leaving sure doesn't paint a pretty picture of how she likely contributed to the culture of the team this past season.
Her saying she needs shooters to make her life easier. Pretty evident the easy way has been her priority her entire career.
 
you just have the worst takes on every topic, it's honestly impressive.

We cut our already relatively meager WBB spending, the whole f'n team left because we couldn't afford to pay any of them and it's hard to sell how next season would be worth taking a big paycut when we've failed 2 seasons in a row with mostly same personnel (and coaches). Addy and Audi were roommates and by every account good friends. Audi's personality as never been an issue and there's never even been a hint of teammates frustration - just dbs like you on the internet spewing nonsense.
When did we cut our WBB spending? Per Jamie, we have $20.5 million to go around, with $13 million for football and $7 million for MBB. So, should Jamie take away a million from both football and MBB and give that to WBB? Sorry, you aren't taking money away from the TWO programs that MAKE money for the athletic department.

The whole team didn't leave because they weren't going to get paid. Tanke, Wilson, Taulelei all left because they were all going to ride the bench.
 
you just have the worst takes on every topic, it's honestly impressive.

We cut our already relatively meager WBB spending, the whole f'n team left because we couldn't afford to pay any of them and it's hard to sell how next season would be worth taking a big paycut when we've failed 2 seasons in a row with mostly same personnel (and coaches). Addy and Audi were roommates and by every account good friends. Audi's personality as never been an issue and there's never even been a hint of teammates frustration - just dbs like you on the internet spewing nonsense.
Where did you see we were cutting our WBB funds. We were at 750k roughly last year and I've been told it will be a little more this year 800 to 900k. So I do not belive we cut any funding to WBB.
 
you just have the worst takes on every topic, it's honestly impressive.

We cut our already relatively meager WBB spending, the whole f'n team left because we couldn't afford to pay any of them and it's hard to sell how next season would be worth taking a big paycut when we've failed 2 seasons in a row with mostly same personnel (and coaches). Addy and Audi were roommates and by every account good friends. Audi's personality as never been an issue and there's never even been a hint of teammates frustration - just dbs like you on the internet spewing nonsense.
I believe some players left for money but I also think playing style was as much to blame....Audi we all know is a wonderful human being but our play style since she got here has been boring.....guards stand on the wings and lob it to Audi 90% of the time.

Again, I'm sure Audi, Jada, and Addy for sure will make more wherever they end up (Jada is going to get PAID at LSU) but the playing style I think is more to blame for the amount of departures we had.
 
We led the Big 12 in scoring and were #12 in the national in points per game. This isn't an offensive issue, its a defensive one. Yes our shooters needed to make more shots but did anyone know we were #18 out of 350+ teams in 3 point percentage?

The fact that Audi is talking about the offensive issues is telling enough. Bill has abandoned the defensive end which caused our underperformance for the past 2 years - not Audi, not shooters...defense.
I agree the defense was mostly the problem all season.

Audi in the article is quoted as saying she wants a deeper run in March, and the guards straight up did not hit from the 3 as well as they should have. In both those games they were getting pretty good looks too.

The problem as you pointed out is defense, if we got down, we could never catch up because we would only rarely generate stops.

I just disagree with those saying she's throwing her teammates under the bus, she is simply stating what she is looking for from a potential landing spot. She was the last one to leave and I think she would have stayed if Addy and Jada stayed.
 
find 1 quote from a teammate, coach or opponent at any level about her being a bad teammate.

girls left for: 1) lack of NIL 2) lack of success under the coaching staff 3) no positive changes to either in sight.
I am not going to say who told me this, but 2 people that absolutely know, there was a lot of frustration from a contingent of players with 1 player.
As I stated before group A went in the portal as a result. The individual saw there was no team left around her and chose to leave as well

These are the facts, this is not primarily an NIL thing.
 
I don't mean to body-shame anyone, we're just talking sports/performance here and it happens to be a large woman, but she definitely needs to get quicker and more mobile if she wants to have any chance at the next level and that likely involves dropping weight.

If that impacts her scoring ability negatively, well 20 ppg instead of 25 is still pretty good.
I could out rebound her in a wheelchair. I’m a 54 year old man who’s a long way from paying weight. That’s sad.
 
There were grumbles back when Ashley Joens came back for a 5th year that some other members of the team weren't thrilled with that, likely because it meant another year of post-ups by the star while everyone else watches and gets a kickout once or twice a game. I'd imagine it was a similar situation with Audi, but Audi doesn't call those plays / set that offense.
 
Audi's personality as never been an issue and there's never even been a hint of teammates frustration - just dbs like you on the internet spewing nonsense.
find 1 quote from a teammate, coach or opponent at any level about her being a bad teammate.
There is a website out there anyone here can join for $10 that has a LOT of intel about different teams all across the country. The head of that website is known for always knowing where kids are going to commit before it's public. Their intel about recruiting and the $$$ details of commitments is legend.

People who belong to that site are requested to not run to a message board and blab everything...so I'm not going to do that here. But when it comes to the ISU situation, there is a LOT of insider info about what went down...suffice to say it's become clear that there were major locker room issues.

There are two sides to every story of course (in this case, literally)....again, not my position to break all the details here, but anyone with $10 can go read quite a bit about it right now.
 
This isnt just an Audi thing on offense. Ashley and Bridget had very similar styles on offense. Dump it into them and watch them A) Make the shot B) Get fouled C) Double teamed and they kick it out D) Fall on the ground and turn it over.
This type of play is just not an ISU issue. Watch almost any good team and you see the offense going through just a select few players. When things go right great results/wins but when they don't you see our season.
 
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There is a website out there anyone here can join for $10 that has a LOT of intel about different teams all across the country. The head of that website is known for always knowing where kids are going to commit before it's public. Their intel about recruiting and the $$$ details of commitments is legend.

People who belong to that site are requested to not run to a message board and blab everything...so I'm not going to do that here. But when it comes to the ISU situation, there is a LOT of insider info about what went down...suffice to say it's become clear that there were major locker room issues.

There are two sides to every story of course (in this case, literally)....again, not my position to break all the details here, but anyone with $10 can go read quite a bit about it right now.
So what is the name of this site?
 
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I haven't watched it but for anyone that has, would the Unrivaled league be a better fit for Audi than the WNBA? I would image a 3v3 with no running down the court be in her wheelhouse. She has been pretty good one v one on other centers (Lee and Prince come to mind).
 
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There is a website out there anyone here can join for $10 that has a LOT of intel about different teams all across the country. The head of that website is known for always knowing where kids are going to commit before it's public. Their intel about recruiting and the $$$ details of commitments is legend.

People who belong to that site are requested to not run to a message board and blab everything...so I'm not going to do that here. But when it comes to the ISU situation, there is a LOT of insider info about what went down...suffice to say it's become clear that there were major locker room issues.

There are two sides to every story of course (in this case, literally)....again, not my position to break all the details here, but anyone can go read quite a bit about it right now for $10...
That’s kinda what I expected.

You can’t keep a team happy with one person having that much of the $ and attention without winning.

It’s even worse when it’s clear that that person isn’t as dedicated or putting in max effort.
 
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This type of play is just not an ISU issue. Watch almost any good team and you see the offense going through just a select few players. When things go right great results/wins but when they don't you see our season.
Sure but this is the ONLY offense ISU runs. Other teams are probably mixing it up a lot more than Bill is. Great teams do play from the inside out. This is much more than that.