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Post covid generation

I got a team back together for AAU this year playing in the 3SGB Gold gauntlet and I will say these kids post covid are stubborn and weak mentally as a whole. It could be due to my age now but God damn these kids are really lazy and while the size and talent seems to be available I don't think any of them are near what writers are professing. One thing I will say for Southern NV is we have more taller kids than ever before at young ages. That being said, the basketball IQ is the worst I can remember with players I have coached. The ability to learn and grasp plays, study the game and understand higher level concepts is difficult for them.

If I were a coach , re: all this NIL stuff

At a school with decent resources ….

I would “allow” other schools to get some freshman. I’d want them to get their experience on the floor as a freshman elsewhere instead of working it into my current situation. Mainly because loyalty isn’t a thing anymore, for neither coaches nor players. And I would stay on him while he’s playing as a freshmen elsewhere. Mainly because tampering isn’t a thing anymore (too easy to do and the NCAA doesn’t care).

I’d use some schools as farm systems, let them get whatever benefit that school can get out of a freshman and then I’d take him as a sophomore, with a higher NIL than his previous school, he’d pretty much exhaust his options for leaving after that.

Dirty. Cynical. Ruthless.

It’s what the game has become, unfortunately. If I were a Kentucky, UNC, Duke, UCLA, Michigan, etc … that would be my complete recruiting plan plus one and done type freshman.

Is there any better evaluation of a player than a kid at the highest level he could play in? It dwarfs evaluation of high school kids.

What would you do? Does that sound like a solid recruiting philosophy to you?

Lisk, Long Snapper just committed

Ben Lisk - Football - University of Toledo Athletics


36 Ben Lisk Position Long Snapper Height 5-10 Weight 215 Class Redshirt Freshman Hometown Phoenix, Ariz. High School Paradise Valley Major Business Bio Related Stats Historical Biography Follow on Social Media Instagram: @benlisk Twitter: @benlisk 2022 Played in all 14 games as the team’s starting long snapper for punts...Academic All-MAC. 2021
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OT: Sports Betting

When sports betting was illegal outside of Las Vegas and no one anywhere wanted to host sporting events here because of the dangers of sports betting scandals the counter argument to that was it would be easier to catch scandals because the sports books would report it similar to how they uncovered the ASU scandal. Earlier in the week they said on ESPN that the Detroit Lions and other NFL players suspended were all caught because the sports books where they bet reported them. Now Alabama fired their baseball coach for betting. And how did he get caught? Yep the sports book reported it.

For the first time in my life...

I renewed my season tickets when I didn't want to. I'm giving this staff one more season. I didn't renew after the 2003 season or CDR's last season. I don't feel great about this renewal, but it's been a great bonding and tradition every fall/winter for my wife and I as well as my soon-to-be-senior son and I. Who knows where he'll be after he graduates so I felt it was worth it. Another lackluster season and I'll pocket the dough.

Colorado football transfers

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