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Is Nova a better job than Maryland? Superficially, I would think that B1G resources > Big East financial resources?
Willard was openly unhappy about how Maryland managed their program and budgets
Maryland's athletic department has struggled financially for years. The biggest reason they joined the Big Ten. Their donor base is so-so with the biggest donor being the owner of Under Armour - and UA has come off its high of say 5-10 years ago. They have had a recent history of a fair amount of turnover in the roster of both their football and basketball programs and I suspect they have a lot of new players with hands out and an expectation of high payments. My guess is Maryland athletes could do OK on NIL - better than NU on balance - but I don't know how that effort is being run.
I haven't heard this so I apologize in advance if I am completely off base on this speculation, but Maryland is blue as blue can be and my bet is revenue sharing is being fought for tooth and nail by the women's sports - and there are a whole lot of mouths to feed without the riches of say a Michigan or Ohio State. That would put a dent into whatever desires Willard had for funding.
I haven't heard this so I apologize in advance if I am completely off base on this speculation, but Maryland is blue as blue can be and my bet is revenue sharing is being fought for tooth and nail by the women's sports - and there are a whole lot of mouths to feed without the riches of say a Michigan or Ohio State. That would put a dent into whatever desires Willard had for funding.
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I have no idea, having never listened to him talk. Michigan State just lost tho, so we've got the four number one seeds going forward and the future looks pretty clearly like competing in the future will be largely about who can buy the best players, so Willard has a point there.
I thought so previously but I appreciated how graceful and even keeled he was after our OT buzzer beater. Maryland went on a major run immediately after.
B1G has to share resources with FBS football teams. Big East is all-in on basketball.
Yes, a lot more money, but it is divided with FB getting the majority, No such thing in Big East,
The Big Ten has a much larger revenue pie to distribute than the Big East. It’s a matter of how the Big Ten distributes its revenue share. It’s their choice and if they wanted to outbid Big East schools for players they could, but it may be at the expense of other programs.
We’re lucky that half of all people are below average in intelligence, including the people making decisions at Nova. Chris Collins is such a better choice than Kevin Willard.
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You might be on to something!
Hey what’s the story with pig tails? Did Undie piss him off by playing that MVC kid so many minutes? Little Undie get in his face? Cash grab and the beloved can’t compete? What’s up?
Tim Anderson was the assistant coach who recruited him. They were connected by his AAU team. Anderson resigned just before the start of this season, so the expectation had been that Johnson was probably going to transfer out now that the coach who recruited him had left. Same thing happened with Ty Rogers, who opted to redshirt the night before the season started. There was some talk that Johnson might stay and they reportedly had the framework for an NIL agreement in place, but he opted to transfer out.
I suspect that the emergence of Tomi probably had an impact too. Johnson would ideally like to play at the 5 because he needs to be near the basket. But Tomi seems to have a strangle hold on that position for now. I would suspect that’s for something to do with it too, but I don’t know. Either way, it’s a loss. I thought he was a really good player and was looking forward to seeing what he turned in to.
