"I will say, I don't know that there was one new player that we got to come here that we ended up the second-highest payer."
I'm not sure if this is good or bad.
I'm not sure if this is good or bad.
Paris: USC was highest bidder for every new player
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Depends on whether this was the premier ballroom auction or the back alley auction.
Two aspects stand out to me.Depends on whether this was the premier ballroom auction or the back alley auction.
First, is the just the buying of players. Part of being a successful coach has always been recruiting. That ability to sell your program to a player. Now you just go out and buy the pieces you want.
Second, I don't know if we picked up any players of consequence. We were buying players for whom nobody else was really shopping.
That's my point as well. What players are we bidding on? The best fit for the need? The ones we can afford from the real offerings that fit? Or the leftovers?
Or, we're now spending so much that we can buy players of consequence as the highest bidder?
Yeah, I dont buy that either.
Yeah I don't really see this as a positive. I'm glad we had the money to successfully bid for the roster, but...
This means that we paid more for these guys than any other program was willing to put out there. So we're either overpaying or overvaluing when compared to other programs.
This means that we paid more for these guys than any other program was willing to put out there. So we're either overpaying or overvaluing when compared to other programs.
Suppose same should be applied to Beamer also. Baseball probably not so much since staff is getting later start on recruiting....
UK last year spent 20 million and at one point was in danger of missing the tournament. How long will the donors keep giving the NIL bucks?
You would have to think at some point reason will prevail and fans will see the foolishness of it all, but most likely they will double down and give more money. The schools will obviously say the only thing holding them back from greater success is more donations.
One fancy dish and you have two different chefs. One is at the Fresh Market picking out the finest ingredients while the other is the highest bidder at the Cayce/West Columbia swap meet.
Kinda like telling me about a pretty girl without showing any pictures. Perhaps a clearer picture would come into focus if we knew who we were bidding against.
Or that we were willing to pay more for a starter than they were willing to pay for a bench player?
95% (maybe much closer to 99%) of the portal players were signed by the highest bidders. That applies to SC State,, Clemson and probably every team in the SEC. That’s the end game of most of the players in the portal so that shouldn’t be surprising. However, as some have asked, are we bidding on the right players?
My thoughts exactly. Paying too much for average used cars ain't considered commendable and paying too much for used ballplayers ain't very swuft, either.
Has the same ring to it as a salesman bragging about being the low bid on every deal he won.