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Wisconsin Badgers
3/26/04 @ 4:37 PM
I would like to start this thread up again for anyone who is interested in discussing the Badgers. In the future, I hope that the moderators will remove posts from antagonistic people, rather than removing this thread all together. Otherwise, antagonists will be able to remove any thread they want to. So, let's keep things good natured and civil when we talk about the Badgers.
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I agree 100% with most of the comments below. It really doesn't matter who the coach is. NCAA is now just a giant money shuffle that will make it extremely difficult for Wisconsin to get back to the level of success we saw a decade ago. Between this and just the way the game is now officiated, college basketball went from the pinnacle of the sport to downright unwatchable at times. I'm not sure I'll spend much time watching anymore.
College athletics went from bad to worse. I never liked the fact that the coach that recruited you could leave but you couldn't leave without sitting a year. Now the players have more power than the coaches. Know lot of people weren't crazy about Wahl's time at Wisconsin. There will never be another Tyler. There will never be another player that comes in as a Freshman and leaves as a Senior. The only way I see a way of fixing this is the NCAA finally considers athletes as employees and they sign a contract. Give the players an opt out under certain situations like the coach leaving or the program under probation or worse.
This really belongs on a different thread, but I'm not a fan of NIL's and all the transfers. I wish college basketball players were playing basketball while getting an education. I now half the players wouldn't be playing basketball in college then, but it never excites me watching a guy playing basketball to only get paid and not care about his education. Now, the WIAA is voting on whether or not high school players can get NIL's! Come one, really???
I hope it's not another 5 years of mediocrity. And only making the NCAA Tournament 2 or 3 times and not making it to the second weekend of the tournament, like it has been.
Granted, NIL money has greatly changed college basketball and I can't lay all the blame at Gard's feet. He's a good coach, but he's not a great coach.
I want UW mens basketball to be better than just good! And take this program to the next level = competing for Big Ten regular season titles every year and competing for national titles regularly. Maybe I'm expecting too much? Go Bucky!
Granted, NIL money has greatly changed college basketball and I can't lay all the blame at Gard's feet. He's a good coach, but he's not a great coach.
I want UW mens basketball to be better than just good! And take this program to the next level = competing for Big Ten regular season titles every year and competing for national titles regularly. Maybe I'm expecting too much? Go Bucky!
The majority of college players never make it to the pro circuits. They can make more $$$$ jumping from school to school. Rumor has it Kansas upped the offer for Storr to 850k. Rumor also has it Chucky is going to Louisville for 700k. Chucky made 200k as a Badger last year. It is all about the 💰 and you can't blame the players or the coach. Coaches been jumping to better jobs with bigger contracts forever.
Everyone is on Gard about losing players. Duke is down seven players! Chunky reportedly getting $500,000 in NIL and might be a package deal with his high school teammate. Wisc has NIL money but not $1/2 million for Chucky who never even made 1st 2nd or 3rd all Big Ten Teams.
My opinion is that UW would be well served to move on from Gard. Having said that, he had zero to do with Hepburn transferring. Hepburn is a high/average, low/good level player. He's never going to play in the NBA. He's probably not athletic enough for the the G league. He'll have to put together a career overseas. He found some program willing to pay him what he was looking for, and he took it. In his situation, it's all about the bag.
Jarred Bereggen take and I agree. If you think this is about the coach and not the money you aren't paying attention.
"If every Badger fan that complained about transfers and called for Gard to be fired contributed to the Varsity Collective we would be able to afford Chucky and Storr 10x over.
"If every Badger fan that complained about transfers and called for Gard to be fired contributed to the Varsity Collective we would be able to afford Chucky and Storr 10x over.
Transfers today have very little to do with coaching, and everything to do with 💰
I don’t like it either, but that’s the reality of college sports today.
When there is no protection for schools, players go to the highest bidder. That’s the only thing that matters"
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