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Post by 02beav on Apr 10, 2024 8:42:46 GMT -8
Sorry, there are more coming. I wish those leaving would just get it over with. SR and staff will have a lot of work to do quickly. I'm guessing they'll look to their foreign connections and the portal.You have a good track record and you have been spot-on several times in the past. So your portal info is tough to handle. Very tough. With regard to your comment about SR and staff having a lot of work to do quickly: What other options do they have besides their foreign connections and the portal? They have brought in no high school kids in this recruiting class - and there are not any big time H.S. players left to my knowledge.... So, as you suggest, to assemble a viable roster for next season it's the portal and foreign players. Period. Is that about right? GO BEAVS!! All teams have a recruiting board that they work off of with high school, foreign and sometimes even juco kids. They're ranked in order of who they want most, chances of landing them, positions of need, etc. The portal is a different animal because there are more than 1000 girls in it, probably at least a quarter of them could add talent or value to the Beavs. But then, how many of them would the interest be mutual? So what they'll be doing is using their connections to find out where and who to spend their energy on. The players have handlers, advisors, the schools that are smart have people they pay that can help them get players that are a fit. Honestly, it's all so screwed up and the programs with the most money will have the easiest chance to thrive. The Beavers in the WCC give them a chance in my opinion. They will have to get it done with 3 star kids and recruit intelligently while learning how to really develop them once they arrive. Pour energy into them, love them, make it a real family from the top on down. It can be done. It will not be easy but when has it ever been easy for The Beavs?
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Post by treasurevalleybeav on Apr 10, 2024 9:07:24 GMT -8
Unfortunately no, she's going to be diving into the portal very soon. So, to me the question that needs to be asked, is why couldn't Rueck convince this team to run it back? Did Talia as the leader just break everything? And why are all of these announcements taking so long? And is anyone staying!?!?! All valid questions. Never in my life seen so many "together/family" athletes from SUCH a great team try SO HARD to leave. Ridiculous
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Post by 02beav on Apr 10, 2024 9:10:00 GMT -8
Right, which let's you know that the family thing was just a theme that helps make a story feel great. But when it comes time to prove it, there was in fact no true family.
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Post by grayman on Apr 10, 2024 9:43:01 GMT -8
So, to me the question that needs to be asked, is why couldn't Rueck convince this team to run it back? Did Talia as the leader just break everything? And why are all of these announcements taking so long? And is anyone staying!?!?! Those are very good questions. I would say that if they were as happy as they claimed and such a family that it is likely they would lose less than they're going to. Obviously the league changes and that there is some NIL money for Reagan, Timea and Donovan but it isn't just that. Talia could of stayed and others would of still left. How quickly she jumped in after the season shows that she planned to leave for a bit. And several others planned it too. Impressive run all things considered. I hope you are wrong about this. But if you are right, then it seems like while the WCC is a factor, there is another factor involved (I'm gonna go ahead and say it probably isn't really NIL deals). IMO if Beers leaves then something has really gone off the rails. So IF that happens, then it seems like they no longer want to play for Rueck. I still think it's due to the move to the WCC, but I also am having a hard time believing that Beers will leave.
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Post by 411500 on Apr 10, 2024 11:30:10 GMT -8
"...but I also am having a hard time believing that Beers will leave."
I'm in the dark on all this....it's like shooting crows at midnight.
On Beers and the portal. If Beers sees Talia, Timea and Dono all hit the portal -- she's looking at a greatly weakened 24/25 Beaver team. There's no meaningful NCAA run in the cards with the heart of the team portled out.
Sad to say, but from a basketball point of view Beers likely sees more sense in leaving than in staying. GO BEAVS!!
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Post by beaverwbb fan on Apr 10, 2024 11:40:05 GMT -8
Felt like this would’ve happened regardless of the move to the WCC. 02beav mentioned a return to Lubbock which would make sense.
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Post by rafer on Apr 10, 2024 11:40:12 GMT -8
I am making the bold prediction that the rest of the players are staying and they are making another deep tournament run next season. Happy Wednesday and Go Beavs!! So you're saying there's a chance?? (-:
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Post by flyfishinbeav on Apr 10, 2024 11:42:29 GMT -8
Right, which let's you know that the family thing was just a theme that helps make a story feel great. But when it comes time to prove it, there was in fact no true family. It's all social media stunts......sure, they get along, and had a strong bond, but at the end of the day, our society gets more self centered with each generation.
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Post by flyfishinbeav on Apr 10, 2024 11:44:45 GMT -8
I'm getting tired of getting texts from my 14 yo daughter about these defections. It bums her out.......it's also a valuable lesson. Don't believe what you hear from any athlete, or coach, when it comes to loyalty. They FOS
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Post by 02beav on Apr 10, 2024 11:44:51 GMT -8
Hearing Texas Tech as a possible place for Adlee to land.
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Post by oldbeav on Apr 10, 2024 11:44:58 GMT -8
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Post by sparty on Apr 10, 2024 12:01:06 GMT -8
I'm getting tired of getting texts from my 14 yo daughter about these defections. It bums her out.......it's also a valuable lesson. Don't believe what you hear from any athlete, or coach, when it comes to loyalty. They FOS Not just here, flyfishinbeav, loyalty is pretty much dead in todays society....sadly. Look in the working world today , with employers and employees.
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Post by beavdowg on Apr 10, 2024 12:15:49 GMT -8
She didn't get much PT so I get this one. That's on Rueck. She seemed to produce when given the chance but there must of been something about her game that wasn't good enough for SR.
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Post by rgeorge on Apr 10, 2024 12:19:06 GMT -8
I'm getting tired of getting texts from my 14 yo daughter about these defections. It bums her out.......it's also a valuable lesson. Don't believe what you hear from any athlete, or coach, when it comes to loyalty. They FOS Not just here, flyfishinbeav, loyalty is pretty much dead in todays society....sadly. Look in the working world today , with employers and employees. No... I'll say it is simply not "dead in today's society". The problem... in today's society, social media frenzied world the majority of what you hear is negative. And, a ton is just BS. Just take a second to look back and remember all the divisive crap that has come out in every area of life and it ended up being totally misrepresented or outright false. But, it is not the majority of society. The lesson any daughter, child should learn is family is #1, 2, 3 (leaving any religious connotation to the individual). Idolizing anyone is fool's play... we're all human with innate weaknesses. Next... freaking get off social media as much as you can... it creates nothing but angst for many youngsters. There are a TON of fantastic people out there. Disconnect and make some interpersonal relationships based on actual interactions. Lastly, lesson learned is to be resilient, knowledgeable, and resourceful enough to do research... and not depend on the word of others. Be able to determine fact from fiction (and on social media "opinion" is often bias based fiction).
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Post by lotrader on Apr 10, 2024 12:23:14 GMT -8
Yeah, hard to blame Adlee. She needs court time. I wish she had gotten a lot more at OSU.
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