Read everything Jamie Pollard said in his statement regarding both basketball programs

With how aggressive Cook was at NDSU, it's kind of hard for me to see him and Jamie co-existing very well. There was literally no 'we can't do that up there'. They always found a way and I think he's going to expect that here as well.
 
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With how aggressive Cook was at NDSU, it's kind of hard for me to see him and Jamie co-existing very well. There was literally no 'we can't do that up there'. They always found a way and I think he's going to expect that here as well.
Cook has already swayed JP on how RevShare/NIL is going to be managed for MBB.

And to JP's credit at Jimmy's presser, he admitted that he needed to discuss RevShare/NIL management with Cook upon Cook's arrival and would change accordingly.
 
The more I hear JP talk, the more I think it's time he gets the McCarney treatment: "We greatly thank you for all you have done here, but we need someone to take us to the next level...."

You can appreciate someone's accomplishments and still need new leadership for the next phase.
This is dumb, and you should feel dumb.
 
This is dumb, and you should feel dumb.
Do I need to make it simpler for those of you who process more slowly and are living in the last decade? Your response may take the cake for dumb!

This happens all the time to CEOs. They may have made a company 100's of millions, but the minute they look stagnant, out the door they get thrown. The same thing happens to coaches.

It's incredibly naive to be happy when your leadership says, " It could be worse." Real leadership is trying to get ahead of the rest of the pack no matter what hand you are dealt.

Yormark is a great example of this. The Big 12 may have less to work with, but he keeps up as best he can. I've never once heard him try to make the excuse, " It could be worse, or at least we are better off than XYZ". These kinds of answers are totally unacceptable from the leader of a 100+ million dollar entertainment enterprise like a college athletic department.
 
This is embarrassing.....

I am tired of being talked down to....

If you want to say something say

"Coach Fenn is our guy, he's worked hard throughout the years and been to so many NCAA tournaments.we wish the girls who transferred well but we look forward to next year."

The ego gets in the way....
 
I know for a fact that JP has never talked to several of the top WBB players in the 3 years they have been there. Never has even introduced himself to them. so take it for what its worth on the GREAT JP and how he feels about the players on the WBB team.
That's interesting info since I saw JP talking with the ladies team at an NIL fundraiser two years ago.
 
That would take JP contacting the players, and talking to them individually about their reason(s). Just can’t see him doing that. As his video demonstrates JP is very loyal to Fennelly
He can be loyal to Fennelly and still hold exit interviews with every player that is transferring out. I would think any AD would want to hold the interviews or have someone from the AD office do it, to keep track of any problems that may be happening in all our athletic programs. Now the players may not be truthful but we will never know if there is a problem if we do not try and at least look.
 
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He can be loyal to Fennelly and still hold exit interviews with every player that is transferring out. I would think any AD would want to hold the interviews or have someone from the AD office do it, to keep track of any problems that may be happening in all our athletic programs. Now the players may not be truthful but we will never know if there is a problem if we do not try and at least look.

I do believe that they hold exit interviews with the players - but it may be someone outside of the athletic dept.
 
I know for a fact that JP has never talked to several of the top WBB players in the 3 years they have been there. Never has even introduced himself to them. so take it for what its worth on the GREAT JP and how he feels about the players on the WBB team.
Yawn
 
He can be loyal to Fennelly and still hold exit interviews with every player that is transferring out. I would think any AD would want to hold the interviews or have someone from the AD office do it, to keep track of any problems that may be happening in all our athletic programs. Now the players may not be truthful but we will never know if there is a problem if we do not try and at least look.
The problem with that is it doesn't seem like JP really thinks this is all that big of a problem. Based on what he said, he just sees a mass exodus as "part of the system" now.

Nero fiddled while Rome burned.
 
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I remember him complaining at one point that student athletes should be happy/greatful they’re getting scholarships. I know it’s nothing new, but it doesn’t make it any less frustrating

I have a kid in college. He has scholarships, but it's still pricey and he'll be paying off loans for while after he graduates.

A free ride plus everything else they got before NIL wasn't nothing.
 
Yep.

And in general, the longer a Presidential state of the union...the worse or more scandalous I tend to believe things are. (I think the longest ones belong to Trump, Clinton, & Carter) all had/have major issues or scandals going on.

I also think it's bad sign when they are incredibly short too fwiw (Nixon had the shortest in modern times.)

Pollard needs to find a sweet spot/middle ground for these videos to Cyclone Nation. A medium length video once or twice a year would be great. I agree they're becoming too frequent.

The good thing about his "state of the unions" is he doesn't have to stop constantly for excessive applause or heckling, lol.
State of the unions are like message board posts, short and to the point is always better.
 
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I have a kid in college. He has scholarships, but it's still pricey and he'll be paying off loans for while after he graduates.

A free ride plus everything else they got before NIL wasn't nothing.
Don’t disagree, but it’s also hard to see it that way from their perspective when the coaches are making millions while the players (back then) would get into serious compliance trouble for accepting a Cheeseburger.
 
I've heard from a pretty reliable source that he is pushing for an extension to help recruiting. If Jamie agrees to that he is basically delaying the rebuild and cratering the program. Let him coach next year to honor contract and save a few $ and then completely clean house with young hungry staff. I donate specifically to WBB but will be done if this staff is here after next season.
Sure Bill. Let's start with the zero buy out clause, followed by the no nepotism clause, then the longevity bonus claw back.
 
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