Newest Kool Aid recruiting thread

[i77cat]

I've heard that Connor and David are planning to come back. That would be sweet.

[stevelee]

I've heard that Connor and David are planning to come back. That would be sweet.

Hmmm. Maybe I’ll buy some Skogman gear after all.

[wildforthecats]

I've heard that Connor and David are planning to come back. That would be sweet.

Connor for sure. Hoping David follows suit.

[stevelee]

Connor is playing a lot better than last year. It will be great to have his contribution to the team for another year.

[i77cat]

I've heard that Connor and David are planning to come back. That would be sweet.

Connor for sure. Hoping David follows suit.

Oh, I wouldn't say anything is for sure. People may change their minds. I'm glad they want their degrees from Davidson.

[wildforthecats]

I've heard that Connor and David are planning to come back. That would be sweet.

Connor for sure. Hoping David follows suit.

Oh, I wouldn't say anything is for sure. People may change their minds. I'm glad they want their degrees from Davidson.

Death and taxes?

[ScootCat]

If you really want to see a stellar coaching and recruiting job, take a look at what Charlotte’s own Justin Gray has done at WCU so far this season. They’re 12 and 2, and this is Gray’s first head coaching job after a long and successful career playing overseas. If you watched him play as an undergrad at Wake Forest with a broken jaw, you know he is a seriously tough competitor. I look for him to be the head coach at Wake in about 10 years, after former ETSU HC Steve Forbes retires from an illustrious career there.

[citycat]

WCU has beaten Notre Dame at South Bend and Vanderbilt in Nashville.

Gray may be coaching in Nashville in less than a decade.

[ScootCat]

Gray may be coaching at Vandy as soon as March or April. Stackhouse is on life support in Nashville.

[DC69Wildcat]

Gray's 5-year contract with WCU, signed in April, 2021, is for $250,000 per year. Vandy paid Stackhouse $3.1 million in 2022. He also received an extension that year, but the length of his current contract is not available. The typical extension is 5 years. In addition to buying out Stackhouse, I assume Vanderbilt will have to compensate WCU some amount for poaching Gray. Needless to say, it will cost Vanderbilt dearly to fire Stackhouse.

[Waitress]

Gray's 5-year contract with WCU, signed in April, 2021, is for $250,000 per year. Vandy paid Stackhouse $3.1 million in 2022. He also received an extension that year, but the length of his current contract is not available. The typical extension is 5 years. In addition to buying out Stackhouse, I assume Vanderbilt will have to compensate WCU some amount for poaching Gray. Needless to say, it will cost Vanderbilt dearly to fire Stackhouse.

SEC schools have deep broadcast-funded pockets.

[catnhat]

Vanderbilt has $. Their endowment is over $10 billion.

SEC schools bring in big bucks for TV rights. Vandy charges $57k for tuition and has recently had a big increase in applications.

DC’83 Dr. James Crowe’s virus lab at Vandy partners w Moderna. Moderna and Dolly Parton have pumped lots of dollars into research and some of the developments are profitable.

In short, I don’t feel sorry for Vandy

[i77cat]

Didn’t Texas A&M pay Jimbo something like $78,000,000 to take his whistle and leave? Firing Stackhouse will be less expensive than keeping him would be. The puzzler is why they didn’t figure it out a few years ago.

[DC69Wildcat]

Didn’t Texas A&M pay Jimbo something like $78,000,000 to take his whistle and leave?

That's absurd! Reason #83 to not watch FBS football. Florida State recently provided Reason #82.

[catnhat]

I was told a group of A&M alums met and agreed to pony up then went to the AD to tell him they had the money in hand.

I don’t know if that’s true, and the guy who told me that didn’t say how many were in the group