Dual-Threat Rigby

That’s the one positive if you can find those distressed or chip on their shoulder older guys. Even if they’re a little worse, the mental advantage can pay off

They have a hell of a lot of guards/ball handlers coming in. They do good enough satisfying a ton of big mouths last year, but not everyone is willing to sacrifice. They got an Aden who clearly wasn’t happy with a more egalitarian/balanced lineup here and Philon who wasn’t interested in sitting behind a stacked Kansas core. That doesn’t project to “sacrificing” to me

Mac doesn't have the mental advantage. Mac was born on 3rd and a half and his one year as a starter was in the worst SEC since 2015ish (or 16, pick either one). With no real crowds. Pats were a poorly ran organization offensively, but Mac didn't have the mental fortitude. I think Nix is closer to the desired balance between an a**hole and a guy who motivates his guys with his fierceness than he may have been as a freshman. Oregon's guys and their HC (who's of a similar mental mindstate) didn't seem to have a problem with it. He's obviously seen all the highs and lows. Mac's best case scenario would've been a consistent starter on loser teams/franchises IMO. I don't think he could've even been Purdy/Jimmy G bc that takes some level of comfort with the critiques as a game manager and him needing to at least be close to a neutral when times are bad. Nix may have less arm talent, but I'd definitely trust him to be a mid-floor type of guy in this system.

Did a wonderful thing going to Oregon, who had some great offensive minds at OC during his time

Pegues/likely back up level player Denver/Pettiford CBM/Howard/CMo (?) Chaney/backup level guy Broome/Dylan While that’s a lineup I would like to have another star level talent, if your backup 1 and 4 are really quality (like as good as Tre largely was in that role + Chaney towards the end of the season), that’s already a REALLY solid core. Even if you don’t get some progression from the new guys from last year, which I would at least expect, even with them all being older players.

Well, you have a finite amount of money lol. You also have to weigh how much of an improvement that guy would be over your consistency, strong/weak points from last year, etc. Omier is a guy that worked around the rim a lot iirc. Is it worth getting him with a high price tag and the possibility that he overlaps with Broome’s skill set? It’s kinda like with the QB position since the offseason. You’d probably need a legit slam dunk to rationalize getting into the potential roster/NIL complications a slam dunk guy could bring. In that instance, they probably can’t afford the receiver/DL depth they’ve recently added if they got a star level prospect.

Don't know if we'll be able to get the funds for a caliber of that guy, but he would be giant. They also seem to view Chaney as a starter at this point, so that probably adjusts who they're looking for. From what I can tell, they haven't pushed for starter level guys in a while

So do people delete their dissertations about NIL after we fail to get outbid for a prospect, or what happens there?

I mean that wouldn’t be particularly surprising, but we are likely paying the most for any one player between both rosters in Broome and they are losing a ton of players. We don’t even need to necessarily load up on talent, we lose like 4 players from last year’s team, and we’ve already found the most important replacement for those departures. You just gotta look at the rosters.

In looking at the ESPN tweet, the committee’s logic was in reference to student athlete compensation. It makes sense for them to reward the student athlete here. It doesn’t seem like they’re forgiving the colleges, unless there’s a quote I’m missing

Well deserved imo. If you, the Heisman Trust, can rationalize the other very publicized USC RB keeping his heisman, no one should be able to lose their heisman. I can understand upholding probations and the like, mainly because I have no clue how you would reward someone definitively for lost games played, but a heisman should be held separately.

Yeah this should probably be our best position in terms of preseason stature in a long while. I’d be shocked if we weren’t top 2 in the SEC in terms of predictions, behind Bama if they get Grant and Sears back

Would likely be more likely to go to OM

Yeah his offense was not as consistent. He himself didn’t look to score. I think he got more comfortable to look for his own, just like Chaney. I remember the App St game vividly where he just wouldn’t drive to the rim at all. btw I can’t even imagine how many points would be added if he just wasn’t an atrocious finisher. His numbers had to be under 40% on layups. HAD to be

Actually, I don’t know if him being bad with ball handling would make him an unplayable. If he was a laser 3 point shooter then worst case scenario, you could have others bring the ball up and initiate the set. It hamstrings who you’d pair this guy with in terms of other lineups, but it wouldn’t be a deal breaker