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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.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Coach too Duquesne??

« on: March 26, 2024, 04:17:02 PM »

It doesn't make much sense to me either for the reasons I stated above.

Have to wonder if this was another reason why YSU wasn't interested in a post season tourney, and possibly why Lovelace & Burns are in the portal. 

PFW is in the CIT championship game on Wednesday night.  They started their season impressively and are now finishing it strong.  It would have been nice to see YSU keep playing and have success like that.  It was important not long ago, but apparently it wasn't this year.

I thought the same thing when DJ transferred.  If the university won't spend the money on their players that earned and could of played in one of the tournaments then why should a player stick around.  Now I can't make the charge against YSU since I do not know what the factors were but there also was no honest clarity given.

Ft Wayne and CSU both finished behind YSU and opted to play. Green Bay,Wright state,NKU,and Milwaukee all finished ahead of Ft Wayne and CSU and didn't play in one of the post season tourneys either so maybe there is some rationale behind this.

Speaking of Ft Wayne I watched them last night win there sem-final game and got to say they are fun to watch and they play tomorrow for the championship.  Love the way they run their offense.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Horizon League Coaches/Portal

« on: March 25, 2024, 07:33:50 PM »

Noah Reynolds and Marques Warrick are in the portal.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Horizon League Coaches/Portal

« on: March 22, 2024, 07:13:17 PM »

https://riceowls.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/andrew-akuchie/9157

Andrew's in the portal.   Would be nice if his brother would put in a good word.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Horizon League Coaches/Portal

« on: March 19, 2024, 07:53:37 PM »

Anthony Breland just entered the portal.   Male that three.

When the coaching staff decides to redshirt a player I wonder if this the player like Breland is good with it knowing he's on a senior loaded team and you would think he would come back as a red-shirt frosh and EARN playing time.  Is there a disconnect?  maybe after practicing the player might not see a future on the team and sees himself at a lower level.  Perhaps the coach tells him maybe he has deficiencies in his game which they should of known when they recruited him.

I'm throwing a lot out there and maybe over thinking these transfers and don't want to even think that coach C might be tough to play for but I'm not seeing that.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Horizon League Coaches/Portal

« on: March 19, 2024, 04:07:05 PM »

Didn't know he had another year.  It's bothersome that he's not electing to stay so I guess he's looking at his options and I can't blame him.  He can go pro over seas and get paid or with his rebounding ability he can go to a high major and receive a better NIL compensation than YSU could pay.
It's a new reality in college basketball and we all need to get used to any decent player that develops at YSU will look to the open market when the season concludes.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Horizon League Coaches/Portal

« on: March 18, 2024, 08:56:41 PM »

  Tahj Staveskie  entered the portal .  He was the starting pg for Canisius his freshmen year.  If you guys remembered he was taking it to us early(2 years ago) in that game and really looked good.   Not sure if he was injured or it was something else but he didn't play this season.

Being from Sandusky Ohio there could be some interest.  Would coach kick the tires ?

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Horizon League Coaches/Portal

« on: March 18, 2024, 06:26:53 PM »

  Milwaukee had a nice run in the Horizon tournament .   YSU beat UMW twice this season so if he goes there then he'll be Benedict Lovelace in my eyes.  I'm hoping he goes out to another conference.