What if we lose Gillman, Ah Yat, Davis, Wing and Otlewski to better NIL offers?
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What if we lose Gillman, Ah Yat, Davis, Wing and Otlewski to better NIL offers?
Money is one of the components. I’m also thinking about how we can intentionally contribute besides just writing checks. The network aids in retention as well. And not JUST with money. 99% of these kids go pro in something other than athletics (wasn’t that an NCAA commercial at one point?).
As a former frat guy, I know that the networking aspect is overblown. In athletics’ highly structured and motivated environments, this kind of thing helps. It’s also recruiting the PARENTS as much as the kids.
HelenaHandBasket
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He takes them to every one.
Like make noise like you do on 3rd down? From outside Main Hall?
That was a joke but that would actually be a hilarious way to make a point on something geared towards football.
HelenaHandBasket
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I think you missed his point.
Cool. How can we get them on board? We need a group that can actually execute that. NIL is still new. We need to be more intentional about what we are doing and have an organization that can solicit it. Mike Fetherston is looking to organize. Let’s join!
Oh I agree with you. I'm a former fraternity(not frat. You wouldn't call you country a cun....) I have not had anyone in the Alumni realm offer to help me with anything networking or job related. My benefit came from good friendships coming as a result of that membership. But not business.
And I would guess Brint does more with real estate from his association with football and all he does, not being in the Sig Ep? House.
Exercise you first amendment right to protest! Lol.
I slipped on my pronunciation of fraternity. Apologies! I think if there were some thing real available and accessible instead of some ambiguous promise for later.
Stop_HammerTime69
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I’m not really sure what Bodner has done wrong. I have my (vehement) disagreements about program cuts, and I’d like to hear a bit more about the vision for the school (I.e. who are we looking to for growth strategies, who are our peer campuses, what are the models of education going to be like as fewer students attend college and federal and state dollars get slashed to ribbons) but I don’t think he’s done a bad job.
Maybe lackluster is the right word for it the more I think on it.
The shitty attitude comes from many long years of disappointment and no change in status quo. Champions center, indoor practice bubble, blah blah, same results.
You weren't #3 in the country before the bubble....
Then let’s find a way to do something else! What would you suggest outside of regime change?
Regime change it must be. And I don't mean little Bobbie.
Stop_HammerTime69
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Please understand that No. 3 doesn’t really mean squat when the rest of the FCS is as bad as it is
HelenaHandBasket
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This is absurd thinking. If you have issue with FCS, then start banging the drum for a FBS move.
We were #1 in the country w/o the bubble in '01.
It obviously made a difference bringing in hired gun Lamson, who took the spot from a Montana kid patiently waiting in the wings for his shot. It’ll be interesting to see if Duchein sticks it out in Bozeman, Lamson has another year of eligibility and then Vigen’s kid will be a redshirt sophomore to run the show for 3 years.
Stop_HammerTime69
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It’s willful ignorance to pretend the FCS isn’t a trash fire right now. Every good competitor who isn’t in the Big Sky or MVFC has moved up. There is no competition left now that the in-conference contenders have collapsed as well. Not to say the Griz are entitled to No. 3, but the resource disparity between this program and the rest of the subdivision (sans the usual 3-5 suspects we talk about) is dramatic.
UC Davis was smart to put itself in a position to move up. Sac State has the right goal but they’re going about it in the dumbest way imaginable. They are also in California.
Maybe the Griz could do it. I don’t know. But that would take more investment than I think the boosters or the State really care to offer right now. There are more immediate things that can be done to address a very real crisis that affects “the front porch of the university,” as Bodnar likes to describe the program.
