flyonthewall

Here's how it went. We gained some big strides in terms of being competitive in the nil landscape of basketball. We still need help, the battle is not over, but we had a good day.

honestly, I have become somewhat immune to all of this. I just try to make the experience great for everyone i am involved with. Not going to quit.

I also notice that after the first 2 drives both teams had over 400 yards in offense. Meaning they didn't bother to clear the computer since the last game. Some of this stuff is so laughable. I asked someone yesterday in the a.d. "does anyone have a checklist of the 20 things they need to make sure work and run this thing on wednesday". The answer was a shrug. Sometimes we just can't get past ourselves.

i can tell you this. plan for a long walk from wherever you park to get to that stadium.

marcus trice aka "amazing 8" on the coaching staff.....

NIL is a huge topic of conversation at my house, from the forming of light the tower, to the transition of light the tower to linkU, to the formation of Mean Green Collective, to now personal stuff we are doing to support. NIL looks nothing like it did 3 years ago, and as I sit here right now it will look nothing like it does today a year from now. The way that it is and will be administered is so fluid that you never really know what the rules are. In the beginning the big schools just did whatever they wanted, and schools like us (donors and supporters) tried desperately to follow the rules. In the end the rules just shifted to what the big schools (cheating in the beginning) were doing. Bottom line is this. We all need to participate in any way we can with NIL to stay competitive. With this revenue sharing thing that is on the senate floor as we speak coming in January, no one really knows what next year will bring. I don't like these one year "contracts" with the players. It's just awful. Nobody wants to throw money at something knowing there is basically zero chance of that thing staying around. But that is what is in front of us right now. I have to think that at some point we will get back to a model of at least 2 seasons and maybe the sit out "redshirt" thing again if transfer. We will see. As of now, I am supporting NIL any way I can. I will be putting a team in the tournament and I encourage some of you to do the same.

hope is not a strategy.......

What do you mean forced? Also Reece finished his season yesterday. He's on the way. The whole airplane Microsoft thing mucked it up. He's coming from Venezuela

everyone is back except one player. Then we have added Tyree Eady, Shannon Shorter, and Deng. Eady is meen green basketball through and through tough physical guard. Shorter is a very experienced pro and he looks to be in really, really good shape. dj, coach hodge, and jj all talk about deng's heart and is refusal to lose any individual battle. So yeah, not only do we have one more year of experience but our roster is better and deeper.....

The fight they have chief. Thank you for posting this. I'm honored to be involved. Yall just wait. We gonna show you.

In case anyone is wondering, we have finalized our roster. 2 weeks till showtime!!!

shouldnt the title be "coach morris had players swimming at the house wren baker used to live in"?

my hope is he chooses winning over........nmind.....

It takes a large group of people to make this happen. This year the tournament charged an entry fee for the first time. Basically the same group of people that are driving everything else are helping fund this during the summer. We all think the national exposure of this tournament for our basketball program is huge. If anyone would like to know specifically what is involved financially to make this happen, PM me and I will be happy to share the details.

Just a quick note on tbt. We are in!!! We will be playing our regional this year in the Fertitta Center in Houston. No word yet as to seeding but the first game will be around July 19th. We are in search of a uniform sponsor so if anyone is interested please PM me and I will give you the details. Team is pretty much intact from last year so far and obviously we are looking to add a couple of players. thank you to everyone is helping with this. We have high expectations this year. Also, we will be changing the name slightly due to some copyright problems with an eagles fan who owns the mark "bleed green"