I'mmmmm pretty sure you're not appreciating the Iowa hate.
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We really wanted him. Louisville’s offer was too much to turn down.
It had nothing to do with fit.
It’s not mutually exclusive that guys that go to places that pay much more are not good fits, or have goals solely to get paid
His goal was solely to get paid. That's what I meant.
No it wasn’t. We weren’t his best offer when it seemed like he was coming here
Holy Moly. He has hops. Can he shoot from the field? I know he can dunk.
Maybe they weren't playing and paying to be at the top level of AAU, maybe they grew a bunch their senior year, maybe they finally got great coaching once they got to college and developed quickly. Could be a lot of things.
That was the rumor. Hadley really wanted to come to ISU and had even silently committed. L'ville came over the top with an offer which was more than any ISU player had with their NIL. The staff decided it wasn't worth meeting the offer and risk to upsetting team chemistry. Hadley isn't an NBA player so this was his chance for a big payday and had to take the Cardinal offer. ISU pivoted to Jefferson, in the end it worked out for everyone.
Yes, and it helped he had the connection with CuJo
It wasn’t exactly an either/or imo, although it would have been more difficult to convince Jefferson if Hadley had already committed
I think you get the best available. If you have to roll with freshmen at backup point it works if he’s surrounded by talent. I know we lost our true PG but I doubt he would of seen the floor over Batemon regardless of position
Agree on best available, but isn’t Toure viewed as a true pg? At least in college.
You never know with freshmen, so I liked the idea of grabbing two and letting the best one win. Also low cost. Oh well
A Lipsey and Dix backcourt with Milan on the wing would be better on offense than this year imo. Toure, Batemon, and Heise off the bench should be very good by March
But it sounds like it’s Creighton unless one of the bigger spenders sways him
The story I heard on Hadley is we could afford to match Louisville's offer (the rumor was $500,000 but who knows for sure), but we couldn't afford to also bring guys like Tamin, Curtis, and Keshon up proportionally if a new guy was getting that much.
I think it was a smart move. You see how well it's worked out at places like KU and KSU with the one transfer with a much bigger bag than your loyal guys.
Dix will be another CJ Fredrick at Kentucky.
Isn’t that where all instate guards at TOE that aren’t related to the coach end up? It’s like a farm system.
Rock is a good candidate to transfer. Don't see him really being effective at this level, and has plenty of eligibility to play somewhere else.
I myself would hate to see Rock leave - he can be a P5 player - I believe that!
I myself would hate to see Rock leave - he can be a P5 player - I believe that!
Yes, that would be one of the big spenders
I’ve heard he has a couple blue bloods (and non-blue bloods) offering him well above $1 million
A shame. He’d have a CuJo type year here
Perhaps early into this era, but eventually the best cultures are the ones that can handle the capitalist principles of the best guys get the most pay.
Oh I agree if you have a foot in the door with Dix I'd be ecstatic. If it came to fruition, I would hope we try to get more athletic in the front court with a Chatfield replacement.
With that said, I would be surprised if Dix ends up in Ames. Did TJ even recruit him out of high school? If not, I cant imagine Dix took that well as the #1 recruit in the state. Did he play AAU ball with Devries at all? Indiana/Creighton would probably be my front runners for him.
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