User Profile

[Anchorage]

A D1 transfer, local player, with 3 years of eligibility left seems like a great first pickup. 6’10 even....

[Anchorage]

Watching UAA the last few years, with Orton as chief recruiter, I would be stunned if WOU signed multiple high school players.

The trend...

[Anchorage]

I get it but also it’s not like there is any signings going on to talk about. There has been two in all of D2 in the past 5 days according to Verbal...

[Anchorage]

I’m not saying they are but NAIA is seeing almost as many transfers as the NCAA is. I’m just mentioning that it’s a pool of players that D2’s...

[Anchorage]

What I am going to be watching is how many NAIA transfers end up in D2. I suspect with D1 bringing so many guys in that D2 coaches really start looking...

[Anchorage]

I figured Mrus would land somewhere good. These programs don’t want high school players they have to develop, they want ready to go older players. Like...

[Anchorage]

According to verbal commits…Alabama has 7 committed players. Tennessee has 9. Arizona has 9.

We are in for a long summer before D2 gets...

[Anchorage]

I don’t have the data to back this up, but from a distance this year it seems guys are taking a long time to sign. There are still a lot of major D1...

[Anchorage]

I’m wondering where Chris Lee ends up from Fairbanks. Honestly he’s the type of guard UAA needs but I suspect he’s looking for D1 opportunities...

[Anchorage]

I didn’t walk anything back, I clarified my existing comment since you took it the wrong way.

I don’t think diminishing the judgement...

[Anchorage]

By the way…not to be a doomsdayer here. But the NCAA is expected to remove any limits on available scholarships next season at the D1 level, it currently...

[Anchorage]

NCAA isn’t going to change the eligibility rules without a loss in court. But the requirement to complete that eligibility within 5 years is already...

[Anchorage]

All businesses are supported by their customers, but they still set their own policy and rules. And none of that supersedes federal law. NCAA are already...

[Anchorage]

Thank you for you comments.

I guess my point to all of this is that our fandom doesn’t supersede the legal rights of these players as employees....

[Anchorage]

And I do not disagree with you on one aspect. The emphasis is shifted even more on to coaches. Coaches that appeal to players. Coaches that create environments...

[Anchorage]

I never told him to just get a new hobby, I was talking about if the modern game bothers him that much, it’s not changing. And it’s pretty common...

[Anchorage]

Honestly it’s not changing. So I guess try high school? But word of warning, kids jump high schools all the time too. Going to be hard to find a league...

[Anchorage]

People in this country have very little loyalty (and rightfully so) to their employers. That’s a societal thing. Anybody would leave their current job...

[Anchorage]

If they skip a bowl game, it’s generally because they are entering the NFL draft and are preparing for that. That’s the same as switching jobs. If...

[Anchorage]

I don’t know many players that skip work. They are typically pretty dedicated.

But you can interview for any job you want, give your two...