Transfer Portal 2023

[BEARZ77]

Ford is such a paradox; I find myself sometimes defending him, not because I think he's good, but because I don't think he's as bad as some like to portray. I mean I always go back to the fact that there are a fairly wide range of skills really good coaches have to have, and they're all important. Mediocre or average coaches generally only have a sampling of the skills, not the complete tool chest; that's a lot of coaches including Ford. Some develop those additional skills in time , especially if young and they get good mentoring, but most don't. This league has had a ton of guys like that, all capable of putting out competitive teams fairly consistently, but rarely great teams or rarely extended periods of really good ones .

[Birdfan2018]

Lance Jones committed to Purdue.

[SalukiWorld]

Lance Jones committed to Purdue.

Domask might be at Illinois soon

[tribecalledquest]

Foster Wonders will probably end up at Duke.

The hype on him was ridiculous from SIU fans.

[Birdfan2018]

Lance Jones committed to Purdue.

Domask might be at Illinois soon

Iowa?

[tribecalledquest]

Ben Krikke will be at Iowa.

[SalukiWorld]

Lance Jones committed to Purdue.

Domask might be at Illinois soon

Iowa?

I think Mast and Krikke are headed there. Domask I'm hearing Illinois

[BCPanther]

Gard is getting real close to being dead man walking at Wisconsin, right? Everybody thought Mast and Domask were pretty much done deals there and he didn't get either one of them. Yikes.

[Adunk33]

I think Mast and Krikke are headed there. Domask I'm hearing Illinois

Didn't the Belmont kid xfer to Iowa? Are they really going to throw out 3 MVC guys next season?

Mast and Krikke going into a spot playing the same position where Iowa already has some depth? Hmmmmm....

[So iLL 24]

Lance Jones committed to Purdue.

Domask might be at Illinois soon

Just because he visited there doesn't necessarily mean he will be there. He has a long line of suitors. Inside information told me that Iowa State flew to Carbondale and took him back to campus for a visit. They also offered a nice 250k NIL deal. SIU offered him 6 figures to stay but it was less than half of that Iowa State deal. I don't think ISU competes for an NCAA tournament bid, which is high on his wish list. Illinois IMO would make more sense. Hell, maybe he commits there today!


Unfortunately for our league, we will become the AA/AAA for the Power 6 schools that have deeper pockets than we could ever have. However, coaches need to adapt and use that for recruiting purposes. Mid-Majors should be able to recruit more talented HS players by offering them playing time. A sales pitch to them would be the playing time, development, and helping them reach the Power 6 level after a year or two.

I can't believe I typed that, however, this is the reality we are all facing.