Milan has deals over $4 million being offered
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Thank you, Captain Obvious.
EVERYBODY knows he’ll have offers over four. The question is how much over.
Not a surprise. UK os desperate. This guy makes us a sweet 16 team at least so UK is gonna pay whatever.
SI is recommending he stays at ISU
He's the type of player who will reveal what Pope is really made of. Pope would have a team that fits his system, with multiple elite shooters in Kam, Momci, Morton, N'Diaye, McBride, and maybe even Wilkins (people forget he was just a freshman last year). Then you have two elite play makers and an NBA level center.
No room for excuses next year. Get it done, Pope, or get done.
No room for excuses next year. Get it done, Pope, or get done.
given the pressure on Pope, I can see him just emptying out the bank to get MM, giving him a legitimate team that is a contender, knowing that if he doesn't have that kind of team, it might very well be his last year at UK. To add to that, he is also, along with many other coaches, hoping congress steps in and puts transfer limits and caps on this NIL /Revenue thing so UK can gain back some leverage its lost.
The pressure will also be on MM. You pay a guy that kind of money and he has 2-3 games of underperforming and people are going to be up in arms.
The pressure will also be on MM. You pay a guy that kind of money and he has 2-3 games of underperforming and people are going to be up in arms.
I wouldn’t call any of them elite shooters but Milan.
It will be way over 4 million too and he’s not worth the money but Popes job is on the line so he will pay however much he possibly can.
I believe UK had 8 mil for Stokes with 4 mil coming from Nike. I wonder if Nike was willing to pony up if it’s MM? My guess is that UK probably has at least 6 they can start with.
He's not even worth anything more that 4mm. Top centers were going for 4ish, tops 5mm.
Agree. Blame Pope for the situation we are in. We are desperate and Milan knows it.
lol that’s not how that works. You have to actually have the money to “spend whatever” he wants.
If you are a donor, are you giving Pope a blank check?
I would kill to be a high school kid nowadays. You could play a couple years of college ball and make about $8 mil. Throw that into a money market, or high yield savings account. Earn about $400k a year in interest and never have to work a day in your life.
Maybe they can. They might be booking the extra lapdances as we speak.
Texas Tech is the threat with Momcilovic. They have plenty of
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Yeah, never great leverage to always be in a spot of desperation. There is a reason when these guys come back Kentucky is immediately on the list.
Well, with all of the money in their warchest, hopefully (or maybe not) they've upgraded their hostesses since Katina and her crew was there.
You would think not. Seems to be setting up nice. Once again, can Pope actually close this one? He has to.
I am a donor. And i know all of the major donors. And I know for a fact that pope does not a limit. There is one particular donor that would pay it all by themselves. But that's not necessary. Pope has never been limited on what he can spend.
Why aren’t we spending like Louisville?
I believe you, have no reason not to. Honestly don’t care. If we are spending? Why have we gotten duds? Our highest ranked portal commit is like 25.
and I’m a donor too if we want to get technical about it.
Question out of curiosity then, more than anything. If Pope has no cap on spending. Who's decision was it for the following: Pope's, Brown's, the Admin, JMI, the Donors, etc.
1) To let Chandler walk and not pay his asking price (which was reported to have made him the second highest UK player ever)
2) To have Moreno negotiate a smaller deal than he was worth in order to "have more to spend on a solid roster around him". I know we renegotiated it to get him out of the draft, but initially.
3) To let Stokes go to Kansas for "rumored" package worth $7 million and not just write Stokes a check so big he couldn't say no?
4) To let Freeman get a bigger offer from Slick Rick and their billionaire donor, who bragged about it on his twitter feed no less, while he was on our campus.
5) To let Rob Wright play us and negotiate a new deal with BYU while on our campus. Similar to Stokes, why couldn't we just outbid Mormon U?
We missed on other guys, stopped pursuing other guys for various reasons, and all that goes along with the ebbs and flows of recruiting. But those 5 were money decisions. Either we chose not to pay more, or offered more and they went elsewhere anyways. So either we were outbid, or a player and their camp chose another school for less money. It's been reported by multiple outlets that UK only has roughly $15 to spend in pure NIL (not counting Rev share) for this roster, including Norlander and Field of 68. Is there any truth to that?
1) To let Chandler walk and not pay his asking price (which was reported to have made him the second highest UK player ever)
2) To have Moreno negotiate a smaller deal than he was worth in order to "have more to spend on a solid roster around him". I know we renegotiated it to get him out of the draft, but initially.
3) To let Stokes go to Kansas for "rumored" package worth $7 million and not just write Stokes a check so big he couldn't say no?
4) To let Freeman get a bigger offer from Slick Rick and their billionaire donor, who bragged about it on his twitter feed no less, while he was on our campus.
5) To let Rob Wright play us and negotiate a new deal with BYU while on our campus. Similar to Stokes, why couldn't we just outbid Mormon U?
We missed on other guys, stopped pursuing other guys for various reasons, and all that goes along with the ebbs and flows of recruiting. But those 5 were money decisions. Either we chose not to pay more, or offered more and they went elsewhere anyways. So either we were outbid, or a player and their camp chose another school for less money. It's been reported by multiple outlets that UK only has roughly $15 to spend in pure NIL (not counting Rev share) for this roster, including Norlander and Field of 68. Is there any truth to that?
