Appreciate those details!There are a few streams of information here that I think are important.
1. I have heard similar things about the nature of the scholarship offer from the UM. Not disputing at all the how the program altered that offer. Lincoln was rightly in his power to reject the first year tuition only cover.
2. My understanding they didn't rescind the scholarship because they had over offered but rather a recalculation that wasn't possible in early July. Under the new roster rules scholarships can be divided of which Montana opted into. What I have gathered is the plan was to use the existing 13 scholarship allotment going forward over all 15 players. When they said that, that may have been a reality because as of this moment, I do not know if they athletic department and program are going to offer 15 full rides to mens hoops players. In this new environment it is very much a scenario how Montana kids have been long handled by the staffs of MSU and UM. Their tuition coverage might work as a 1/2 scholarship as a FSE and it allows them to distribute that money elsewhere on the roster. Can't say that was part of the calculation, but it would absolutely make sense. In July when they offered Lincoln a full-ride was a full-ride regardless of he was in-state and out of state.
3. I have heard elsewhere that those payments the UM is expected to offer (up to 250,000 in gross for FB, WBB and MBB) was not likely in the next year or two to be at all or near full value. I don't have confirmation but what has been rumored that players wouldn't get full maximum in terms of those payments. If someone has different information in this regard, by all means, but that is what I heard back in the fall. I do not know if the UM intends to use those House Settlement requirements to create a 'full cost of attendance' environment.
4. I have also heard that broadly speaking that institutional budgets for revenue and non-revenue sports are tighter for all programs as they work to comply with opting into the House budget and doing so in an equitable manner. Per the GFP pod, when they had Haslam on, there were logistic things they were prepared to be able to opt in, but the budgetary piece and the distribution of those funds was a work in progress. Entirely possible the program did in fact have budgetary issues, but since I am not the Chief Financial Officer in the Athletic Department, I am not privy to what the economic motivations are. Have heard outside the UM, that many lower level FBS and an entirety of the FCS levels have payment to the settlement that has created both short and long term budget shortfalls that haven't been allocated through traditional funding mechanisms. I do believe this is why UM brought in Welnel to help speed up revenue generation for the department that didn't rely on its normal home football game funding mechanism and traditional streams of private donations through the GSA, QB, Roundball Clubs to help fund the new reality. Montana isn't going to be hurt as much of its peers, but could be a strange couple of years as the staffs of WBB, MBB in particular have to look into creating more revenue to keep up NIL/House/scholarship demands.
Barring mass portal exodus, I think we’re set at guard next season. We’re going to need to go to the portal for at least 2 guys who can play 4/5 - Johnston and Koch don’t fit that billing. Don’t get me wrong, these kids can certainly play some ball. But there’s at least 10x as many quality 6’2-6’5 guys as there are 6’8+ guys.Appreciate those details!
just circling back to my post that I hope the griz go back after him after a year or two in d2. Assuming he does well of course. With that said, I’d also love to see the griz go after some other Montana kids like Brayden Koch and Rey Johnston after this season. I’m assuming the griz will have room for transfers after the season.
Was that your first crosstown game? Def complains to the refs a lot. Too much. Guessing because he didn’t make it to the free throw line once. 20 points, 11 rebounds, 4 blocks and 4 assists. 5 turnovers. Leading the state AA in blocks and steals. Was defensive player of the year last year. Go get a second or third look when they play hellgate and butte this week.Watched him vs. Big Sky last night. Sure a lot of attitude. First score of game....the big wipe snot move in front of the Big Sky students. Then whined and complained to refs at least 6 or 8 times in the first half! Half ends with Lincoln spending 20 or 30 seconds telling a ref how to do his job.
Some size talent and shooting touch. Not many rebounds and doesn’t stand out on defense outside a couple easy blocks....which of course he got real impressed with himself over.
If Travis were coaching him last night he'd have been benched to go blow his nose right after that first score!
I will and probably shouldn't be so harsh on him. Too bad athletics seem like this at so many levels.Was that your first crosstown game? Def complains to the refs a lot. Too much. Guessing because he didn’t make it to the free throw line once. 20 points, 11 rebounds, 4 blocks and 4 assists. 5 turnovers. Leading the state AA in blocks and steals. Was defensive player of the year last year. Go get a second or third look when they play hellgate and butte this week.
The Diekhans kid from Tech is the best player in the frontier, absolute stud. Not sure if he would have a year of D1 eligibility but if he does Travis should take a hard look at himEither way, I think we’ve seen enough to trust Travis’s talent evaluation. The MT kid he was highest on was Rollie Worster. He turned into a multi-year P4 kid. If something turned him away from Rogers (attitude fit in the locker room?), I would trust him on it.
Either way, I think we’ve seen enough to trust Travis’s talent evaluation. The MT kid he was highest on was Rollie Worster. He turned into a multi-year P4 kid. If something turned him away from Rogers (attitude fit in the locker room?), I would trust him on it.
Pretty sure this is his last year. But yes, he is very good. Tech has another good kid from Idaho, Asher williams, that is a true freshmen. He did great against the griz.The Diekhans kid from Tech is the best player in the frontier, absolute stud. Not sure if he would have a year of D1 eligibility but if he does Travis should take a hard look at him
