Momcilovic expected to remain in college

UK4Life#9

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Where is lil brother getting this money for players? No way they have the money they are promising these players.

In my opinion, they are going in debt trying to compete, just like before with the prostitution scandal.
Kentucky owns them to the point, they will run their University into the ground to try and stay on par with UK.

They think PK is the guy and are willing to go into debt, banking on PK making a deep run in the tournament.
 

PastorofMuppets82

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Should be an open shut recruitment… Miss on Stokes, simply offer Momcilovic “Stokes money”, right? I mean, it’s going to be just sitting there collecting dust, right?
Not exactly. Part of the Stokes "package" is Nike money, which UK will not have to use for someone else. Some of the Stokes "package" is a pool of boosters putting up that money only for Stokes and not for someone else. So not all of that Stokes offer can be transferred onto another player. Most of it can. But it's my understanding the Stokes offer is separate and set aside from our other usable NIL (rumored to be 15 mil for this year, no clue if that is true) then the 5-6 million (even heard 6-7 million but can't confirm) Stokes package. Its definitely more complicated than just miss on Stokes, throw his bag at Milan though. That's not all Pope's to spend elsewhere.
 

UKCowboys

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If I were Pope, I take the entire budget thats left(Nike will help on Stokes if we land him) and offer every penny to Momcilovic. Fill the rest of the roster out with two star kids we give a scholarship and no NIL to.
 

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2 million year one and 2.3 second year option with a small buyout. So just over 2 million a year. Almost half what SJ paid for freeman. It was a bargain.

Put it this way OSU paid almost as much for Jelavic and LSU paid more for MoD. We win in every situation with what we did.
There’s no guarantee he will be anywhere near as good as Freeman or even Rancik. He’s an unknown commodity. He could be good or he could be a project. I’m not confident if he starts.
 

Bruce9

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In my opinion, they are going in debt trying to compete, just like before with the prostitution scandal.
Kentucky owns them to the point, they will run their University into the ground to try and stay on par with UK.

They think PK is the guy and are willing to go into debt, banking on PK making a deep run in the tournament.
No they don't think PK is the guy,he is on the hot seat,I'm from Louisville,don't live there now,but he is on the hot seat,they had a great roster last year and underachieved,The Brown fiasco has got many Card fans unhappy with him,he has a good portal class,not as good as some on this board think,But if he don't have a great year next year,he might be gone
 
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Bluegrass79

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Of all the people that you think Mark Pope could recruit you would think the goofy white dudes would be an easy catch.


Coach Hope says:
"hey dudes I'm you and you are me. It'll be beautiful. Kumbaya anyone?

Player "ill call you"


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Not exactly. Part of the Stokes "package" is Nike money, which UK will not have to use for someone else. Some of the Stokes "package" is a pool of boosters putting up that money only for Stokes and not for someone else. So not all of that Stokes offer can be transferred onto another player. Most of it can. But it's my understanding the Stokes offer is separate and set aside from our other usable NIL (rumored to be 15 mil for this year, no clue if that is true) then the 5-6 million (even heard 6-7 million but can't confirm) Stokes package. Its definitely more complicated than just miss on Stokes, throw his bag at Milan though. That's not all Pope's to spend elsewhere.
Source?
 

UK4Life#9

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No they don't think PK is the guy,he is on the hot seat,I'm from Louisville,don't live there now,but he is on the hot seat,they had a great roster last year and underachieved,The Brown fiasco has got many Card fans unhappy with him,he has a good portal class,not as good as some on this board think,But if he don't have a great year next year,he might be gone

The fans on their message boards aren’t very happy but all the fans on social media think he’s the next coming.

In my opinion, they wouldn’t go into debt with a coach that they didn’t have confidence in.

No one can tell me that UL isn’t going in debt either, they’re whole athletic program is in the red with spending and has been for a couple years.