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Gables Canes said:
I sure hope so. He's exactly what this program needs. You can build a foundation on high IQ, mentally (and physically in Allen's case) tough, versatile players who win. I wouldn't mind bringing Divine back and letting him compete for the backup PG role behind Allen.
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Divine needs to redshirt. Miami needs someone that can play significant minutes at the backup PG spot next season.
 

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I'm not sure Devine a high-major player at this juncture but I'd be fine stashing him for a year as a developmental prospect if he's open to that. I'm higher on the other potential returnee (Staton-McCray) than most are here and think he can be a good rotational piece given his versatility and experience. Hard to take too much away from last year given how much of **** storm it was.
 
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HurikaneMarc said:
Well this won't bode well. Selfish players trying to get paid will start looking at their numbers equating them to NIL deals. Team play will likely suffer.
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The coach still has power of playing time.

The numbers going up, and continuing to go up for the rest of this decade, just reflect the inevitability of a decades long wage-suppression coming to an end.
 
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cookies said:
The coach still has power of playing time.

The numbers going up, and continuing to go up for the rest of this decade, just reflect the inevitability of a decades long wage-suppression coming to an end.
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The “this is ruining college sports” crowd isn’t ever going to think logically on this
 
TwentySix said:
The “this is ruining college sports” crowd isn’t ever going to think logically on this
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It’s odd because both the NBA and NFL used to have no rookie wage scale for newcomers.

Ndamukong Suh, Reggie Bush, Grant Hill, Jason Kidd, Juwan Howard, Glenn Robinson, and Sam Bradford received enormous contracts to start their careers.

The same logic applies that they would have been thinking about money instead of “putting team first,” unless they don’t believe young adults are capable of delayed gratification.
 
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cookies said:
The coach still has power of playing time.

The numbers going up, and continuing to go up for the rest of this decade, just reflect the inevitability of a decades long wage-suppression coming to an end.
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Coaches are under pressure to win so they can't make a lot "statement" decisions to bench players. Sure they can bench a player for a few minutes but this is game we're playing now. Unlike the NBA there are no contracts that can keep a player obligated to a school right now. Even though we know better, technically schools still aren't supposed to be paying players.
 
HurikaneMarc said:
Coaches are under pressure to win so they can't make a lot "statement" decisions to bench players. Sure they can bench a player for a few minutes but this is game we're playing now. Unlike the NBA there are no contracts that can keep a player obligated to a school right now. Even though we know better, technically schools still aren't supposed to be paying players.
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Although it may **** off the coaching staff and his fellow teammates, selfish scoring is acceptable during winning. Actually it’s praised and lauded. Players know their stats and guys who want to go pro know how you score matters a lot.

My comment is not referring to statement benching, rather referring to team tradeoffs. For example, Jaaland Lowe (Pitt transfer) shot 15 times a game because the other guards were much worse options. Lowe had no idea Jai Lucas would get a head coaching job.

We just saw Pitino bench Louis because he was struggling (three for nineteen). It wasn’t a statement benching, but rather what was best for the club at that vital moment.

All ballers want to get buckets and cash out. If a player is thinking, “i need to go score fifteen to twenty five every game so I can get paid on a transfer,” either he has been given a green-light so it’s necessary or he is out of pocket. Teammates want to win too and they aren’t going to let that fly.

You’re presenting the situation as: coaches beholden greedy scorers whose buckets only count for themselves, not for their team. The other guys were the high school stars too. If the coach can’t stop a good player from shooting too much, he failed in his recruiting and evaluations anyways. Lastly, there is no guarantee that a different team will afford a scorer the same opportunities to keep shooting.

I want the transfer rate to eventually go down, but we are not close to that shift yet. One of the hidden things about the collegiate transfer rate is that it reflects AAU/HS program switching increasing over the years.

There is no culprit here. It happened gradually, then all at once —- each decade more transfers than the previous. Obviously U18 sports don’t get paid like professionals, so it kinda makes your point moot about college $$$.

Even when contracts enter the basketball universe, they are not guaranteed to tie players down. At best, there will be buyout clauses similar to coaches. Coaches being able to coach immediately at new jobs is one of the largest reasons why players don’t have to sit a year anymore.
 
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