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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Horizon League Coaches/Portal

« on: April 12, 2024, 06:15:30 PM »

Last year on April 11th Ziggy and Zorgvol committed.     Farmer committed the next day.

April 23rd both DJ  Burns and Brett Thompson committed.

May 18th we got Langdon.

I'm thinking we should be getting some guys but from me it's only speculation.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: It’s officially Football Season

« on: April 12, 2024, 01:57:34 PM »

Can someone list the defenders that went to the portal and what school they're at ?   Looks like the defense was decimated with guys going elsewhere.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU to Name Ethan Faulkner MBB Coach!

« on: April 10, 2024, 05:29:16 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqb6g7yGRE4

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Horizon League Coaches/Portal

« on: April 05, 2024, 05:09:55 PM »

Since March 25th thirteen IUPUI players have hit the transfer portal.   If they're all scholarship player and I'm not sure or not,that means that the whole team is gone.   Obviously the new coach is going to use the portal but I don't know how a program can recover from those numbers.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Horizon League Coaches/Portal

« on: April 03, 2024, 11:01:45 AM »

Oakland and Horizon league player of the year Trey Townsend is in the portal.  I guess Oakland didn't have the funds to keep him.   Can we say any H-league player that is under recruited and then develops is more than likely a stepping stone ?

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU to Name Ethan Faulkner MBB Coach!

« on: April 01, 2024, 08:23:19 PM »

Molinari is probably going to USU and not sure about the other two.  Coach Faulkner has a lot of work to do between recruiting and putting together a coaching staff.  Almost forgot he has to rerecruit the players from last season.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Horizon League Coaches/Portal

« on: April 01, 2024, 08:17:58 PM »

Faith father was a big time football player at WGH and U of M.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU to Name Ethan Faulkner MBB Coach!

« on: April 01, 2024, 12:24:30 PM »

YSUGO  what is the name of the other coach??

Bob Huggins 😂

I think Huggins would of been a disaster hire.  He's a great basketball coach but his baggage and the fact that he's 70 years old probably would of been a quick fix at best.
It's all about recruiting whether it's HS guys or portal and hopefully Ethan can be that guy.  Hopefully YSU has some NIL money because if not sadily you can't compete.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Report: Coach to Utah State?

« on: March 30, 2024, 10:37:24 AM »

My vote is for Faulkner.

I 2nd that vote.   The guy has been at YSU five seasons so i'm sure he has established some ties and ralationships with the hs coaches through out the area.  Hopefully he can keep some of the guys while a new coach might cause an overall exodus. 
It seems it would be a easy transition and I'm hoping he can keep the momentum going.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Report: Coach to Utah State?

« on: March 30, 2024, 09:22:17 AM »

It was a good run under coach C and I'm grateful that he came here and worked hard to get YSU to the top of the league.  I wish Jerrod the best of luck and success at Utah State.

My gut tells me that Ethan Faulkner might be the next coach and he was probably influential in getting Dynes,Adrian Nelson,and Langdon with his backround at N Kentucky.   Bottom line is can he recruit and navigate the transfer portal and the NIL game like Calhoun did.   Not sure if he has the Charisma that Coach C has but he might have other gifts that can lead the program.   

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Coach too Duquesne??

« on: March 29, 2024, 08:58:30 PM »

UTS last coach made 900k a year.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Horizon League Coaches/Portal

« on: March 28, 2024, 07:59:11 PM »

Here is a quote from the Oakland coach.

"He's going to get offered so much money and I can't [match that]. We've got a 'Keep Trey Townsend Fund' going from our [NIL] collective, and we might be able to get $40-50,000 in there, but he's looking at $250-300,000 from what I'm being told. So, it's going to be hard for me to tell him to stay."

I'm sorry but i'm not clear of who Kampe is talking about ?

Trey Townsend  forward

Thanks,I'm a little slow today.    Townsend can for sure go up a level and help a so called power 5 conference program.  I would like to know  how much players are getting in the Horizon vs other conferences.  I would think the MAC would have deeper pockets than the Horizon but it could vary from school to school with football taking a lot of the collective money.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Horizon League Coaches/Portal

« on: March 28, 2024, 06:15:25 PM »

Here is a quote from the Oakland coach.

"He's going to get offered so much money and I can't [match that]. We've got a 'Keep Trey Townsend Fund' going from our [NIL] collective, and we might be able to get $40-50,000 in there, but he's looking at $250-300,000 from what I'm being told. So, it's going to be hard for me to tell him to stay."

I'm sorry but i'm not clear of who Kampe is talking about ?

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Horizon League Coaches/Portal

« on: March 27, 2024, 12:18:41 PM »

Although things have improved YSU is one of the all-time worst mens programs in D1 the last 30+ years.  The players the last two years came here for a pay day.  How sustainable is that moving forward?

That is the correct question and YSU and the 350 other D1 schools are dealing with the same problem but obviously an OSU has different issues than a low mid major like the Horizon league teams.

The sustainability factor is how much can you afford to pay.  Unless the NCAA has any power anymore then it's going to get ugly and shady and like mud said we'll be cheering for the shirt since the body in the shirt is going to be different every season.  Looks like the days of a Kendrick Perry or a Cameron Morse playing 4 years at YSU are history.
I think the coaches see it and are adjusting but not sure the fan bases are.  Some of the old time coaches like Nick Saban don't want to deal with the madness.  Then again old Nick Had no problem jumping several times to the highest bidder himself.
Not sure I can be mad when another team pulls a guy like DJ Burns who we ourselves pulled from a previous team.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Horizon League Coaches/Portal

« on: March 26, 2024, 06:53:38 PM »

BJ Freeman(Milwaukee) to the portal.